Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

BitLocker for Server Security

BitLocker is a technology first introduced with Windows Vista that enables an organization to do a full partition encryption of all files, documents, and information stored on the encrypted partition. When BitLocker was first introduced in Windows Server 2008 as a server tool, it was hard to understand why a server would need to have its drive volume encrypted. It made sense that a laptop would be encrypted (in case of theft, so that no one could get access to the data on the laptop hard drive). BitLocker has proven to be beneficial for servers that are placed in remote locations such as in a simple wiring closet or under a cash register in the situation of a retail store as the point-of-sale system. Servers with ...