Comments on: Oops! We’ve lost your data! http://www.gfi.com/blog/oops-weve-lost-data/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oops-weve-lost-data Brought to you by GFI Software Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:13:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Leandro Amore http://www.gfi.com/blog/oops-weve-lost-data/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Leandro Amore Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:38:03 +0000 http://www.gfi.com/blog/?p=1475#comment-417 I totally agree with you regarding the data encryption, today there is no excuse for leaving you data unencrypted really. As a Microsoft user you have plenty of methods for protecting your data without a sweat.
For full drive encryption you can use Bitlocker, this feature was introduced in Vista, and enhanced in Windows 7. It allows the user to encrypt his full drive using AES.
For removable drives, you can use Bitlocker to Go (windows 7 only) which allows to encrypt any removable disk and read them in any system typing a password.
There are other solutions like hardware encrypted USB keys or free software like True Crypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/). This free software allows full volume encryption and some other feature for free.
So with all this offering I really don’t see the point of risking your data by leaving it in the open.
Cheers

Leandro

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