BitLocker is disk encryption for computers running Windows Vista and 7, Ultimate and Enterprise editions. Luckily, Microsoft has a solution available for this very issue: BitLocker Drive Encryption. What about your company’s sensitive data? What would happen if your closest competitor had the laptop of someone from your marketing or sales department and all of the data that resided on it? What if a missing laptop from a doctor at your hospital landed on the desk of a local news reporter? What if a faculty member at your university left a laptop in a coffee shop never to be seen again? These are all very real situations that could happen to your organization if you’re not taking precautions to ensure that data stored on these devices is protected from unauthorized access.
