The BitLocker encryption method and Cipher strength you set as default is only applied when you turn on BitLocker for a drive. Any changes you make will not affect a drive already encrypted by ...

Encryption or ciphers go back to ancient times as a method ... Until recently, if you wanted to use BitLocker, you would need to be running a version of Windows other than Home (Pro, Enterprise ...

Tom's Hardware has found that the default software-based BitLocker encryption (XTS-AES 128, where XTX stands for XEX Tweakable Block Cipher with Ciphertext Stealing and AES is Advanced Encryption ...

On Windows 11, BitLocker adds an extra layer of security with encryption to protect your device and files from unauthorized access. When using encryption, the feature scrambles the data on the ...

Encryption, or ciphers, go back to ancient times as a ... Until recently, if you wanted to use BitLocker, you would need to be running a version of Windows other than Home (Pro, Enterprise or ...

On many computers, it’s even activated by default. But Microsoft’s “BitLocker” hard drive encryption has always been one of the functions defining the Pro version of the operating system.

BitLocker by default has used the 128-bit and 256-bit XTS-AES encryption algorithm, giving the feature extra protection from attacks that rely on manipulating cipher text to cause predictable ...

Microsoft is making BitLocker device encryption a default feature in its next major update to Windows 11. If you clean install the 24H2 version that’s rolling out in the coming months ...