Microsoft offers two types of encryption on Windows, Device Encryption and BitLocker. This guide helps you know the difference between them.

You can set up BitLocker to secure your data with encryption whether you have Windows 11 Pro or Home, and in this guide, we’ll show you how.

You can set BitLocker Encryption Method & Cipher Strength in Windows to help prevent unauthorized access to your system files or the physical drive.

Encryption is an added level of security for you PC. Here are the pros and cons of Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool BitLocker.

To use the BitLocker Drive Encryption management tools, you must be running a business edition of Windows 10 or Windows 11: Pro, Enterprise, or Education.

Windows 11's default BitLocker encryption is put under additional scrutiny by a hacker who showcases an old bug still being exploitable.

Let’s say you use BitLocker Drive Encryption to store your files and you later experience a problem with your PC and need that recovery key. If you don’t have it anymore, you’re toast.

After reports of widespread flaws in hardware-based SSD encryption, Microsoft has pushed out an update that defaults BitLocker protection to software-based AES encryption.

The BitLocker encryption built into higher-end versions of Windows Vista goes a long way toward locking out intruders at the boot-drive level, but it's neither 100% hassle-free nor 100% secure.

If you have a device with sensitive files, use this guide to use BitLocker encryption to add an extra layer of security to Windows 10.