So, I promised a follow-up blog about BitLocker & I will talk about that, however I would like to broaden the topic to file encryption. I’m not sure if most of you realize but even if you have your computer password protected if you lose your computer or recycle your computer without having the data properly wiped anyone can just pop out the hard drive and use a simple tool to access all your data. It is very important to have some sort of file encryption to protect your data. A lot of people think of data as just the files they save, but it is much, much more. All those times you hit save password, all those times you typed something in (keystrokes), all of that data in your photos of where you have been (meta data), and all those times you used mapping websites to find directions. All of that information is there just ready for the picking. I would like to follow up with some suggestions for you tools that are free & some that might be for some of you more advanced users. Be sure & check back & I will have that for you in the next post!
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