people or processes. Disk encryption uses disk encryption software or hardware to encrypt every bit of data that goes on a disk or disk volume. It is used...
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Disk encryption is a special case of data at rest protection when the storage medium is a sector-addressable device (e.g., a hard disk). This article presents...
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This is a technical feature comparison of different disk encryption software. Hidden containers: Whether hidden containers (an encrypted container (A)...
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Disk encryption software is a computer security software that protects the confidentiality of data stored on computer media (e.g., a hard disk, floppy...
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Hardware-based full disk encryption (FDE) is available from many hard disk drive (HDD/SSD) vendors, including: Hitachi, Integral Memory, iStorage Limited...
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In cryptography and steganography, plausibly deniable encryption describes encryption techniques where the existence of an encrypted file or message is...
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BitLocker (redirect from Bitlocker Drive Encryption)
experience—the user powers up and logs into Windows as usual. The key used for disk encryption is sealed (encrypted) by the TPM chip and will only be released to...
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In cryptography, encryption (more specifically, encoding) is the process of transforming information in a way that, ideally, only authorized parties can...
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Data security (section Disk encryption)
cyberattack or a data breach. Disk encryption refers to encryption technology that encrypts data on a hard disk drive. Disk encryption typically takes form in...
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Trusted Platform Module (section Disk encryption)
starts from a trusted combination of hardware and software and storing disk encryption keys. A TPM 2.0 implementation is part of the Windows 11 system requirements...
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Filesystem-level encryption, often called file-based encryption, FBE, or file/folder encryption, is a form of disk encryption where individual files or...
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Evil maid attack (section Full disk encryption systems)
via an external USB flash drive – and therefore bypassing TrueCrypt disk encryption. D. Defreez, a computer security professional, first mentioned the...
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VeraCrypt (category Disk encryption)
utility for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE). The software can create a virtual encrypted disk that works just like a regular disk but within a file. It can...
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Linux Unified Key Setup (category Disk encryption)
The Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is a disk encryption specification created by Clemens Fruhwirth in 2004 and originally intended for Linux. LUKS implements...
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complicated table indicating the encryption method, one could use the much simpler cipher disk. This made both encryption and decryption faster, simpler...
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Private Disk is a disk encryption application for the Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Dekart SRL. It works by creating a virtual drive...
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Pretty Good Privacy (redirect from Pgp encryption)
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is used for signing...
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authentication. Full disk encryption outside of the operating system level Encryption of temporary files Data at rest protection Encryption of cloud servers...
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Database encryption can generally be defined as a process that uses an algorithm to transform data stored in a database into "cipher text" that is incomprehensible...
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encryption of data may occur at different hardware levels. Array controller based encryption describes the encryption of data occurring at the disk array...
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operating system. With full disk encryption, the entire disk is encrypted (except for the bits necessary to boot or access the disk when not using an unencrypted...
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Cold boot attack (redirect from Full memory encryption)
attacks. Since cold boot attacks target random-access memory, full disk encryption schemes, even with a trusted platform module installed are ineffective...
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FileVault (category Disk encryption)
FileVault is a disk encryption program in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (2003) and later. It performs on-the-fly encryption with volumes on Mac computers. FileVault...
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Computer data storage (redirect from Data disk)
volume and virtual disk encryption, andor file/folder encryption is readily available for most storage devices. Hardware memory encryption is available in...
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live system or from backups and used to decrypt the databases. Disk encryption Encryption Hardware security module "SQL Server TDE vs CLE". Retrieved 2017-06-02...
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media or in computer memory. Disk encryption Disk encryption theory Disk encryption software Comparison of disk encryption software BitLocker Encrypting...
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GBDE (redirect from Geom Based Disk Encryption)
GBDE, standing for GEOM Based Disk Encryption, is a block device-layer disk encryption system written for FreeBSD, initially introduced in version 5.0...
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TrueCrypt (category Disk encryption)
source-available freeware utility used for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE). It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file, encrypt a partition, or encrypt...
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PGPDisk (redirect from PGP Whole Disk Encryption)
PGP Virtual Disk is a disk encryption system that allows one to create a virtual encrypted disk within a file. Older versions for Windows NT were freeware...
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FreeOTFE (category Disk encryption)
FreeOTFE is a discontinued open source computer program for on-the-fly disk encryption (OTFE). On Microsoft Windows, and Windows Mobile (using FreeOTFE4PDA)...
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