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Questions tagged [disk-encryption]

Disk encryption is a special case of data at rest protection when the storage media is a sector-addressable device (e.g., a hard disk).

Disk encryption is a special case of data at rest protection when the storage media is a sector-addressable device (e.g., a hard disk).

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How does Bitlocker encrypt a drive while it is being used?

By this I mean performing file transfers, downloads etc., I haven't read anywhere of this having an effect on how Bitlocker encrypts the drive. Also, how does Bitlocker handle the constant amount of data being read and written to the drive while it…
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How can I unlock drive without the password or recovery key of Bitlocker?

Is it possible to unlock my drive without the password or recovery key of Bitlocker? If so, how? I tried Elcomsoft forensic software but I'm not able to decrypt it without using the password or recovery key.
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Password write protect an external hard drive (DOK) without encryption

I'm handing out a usb sticks to students and want them to return after they copied the material to their personal computers. I want to make sure the usb's return without any damage/malware (intentionally or unintentionally, i.e. their pc's might be…
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Wiping data during full disk encryption on an SSD

When installing Linux, most distros offer or force full disk encryption with LUKS. Some distros, such as Debian, by default wipe data before conducting the encryption. Is this effective on SSDs, and if not, what are the alternatives?
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Recover a bitlocker encrypted hard drive

I have a laptop that died and the hard drive is encrypted with bitlocker. My company does not want to restore the drive. If I remove the drive and put it into a housing and try to read it from another company laptop that also uses bitlocker…
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Best practices with respect to hard drive reconstruction

I would like to be able to store encrypted information on my computer, that no one else is able to read without the right password, even if they have complete access to the computer. There are of course many programs that claim to (/are claimed to)…
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What's the most secure way to fully encrypt an Android 6.0 phone without circumstances?

I have Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android 6.0 and would like fully encrypt it in the most secure way. What would be the best thing here? I'd like to avoid doing convoluted things like installing ROMs and the like and I'd also like to still be able to do…
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I have encrypted my laptop/phone. How will someone I send an email to read the contents?

I have encrypted my laptop and phone, which includes emails. My concern is when I send someone an email, will they receive it encrypted or will they get it decrypted? I guess I'm asking: what exactly is encrypted?
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Getting my first HDD encryption

So my friend told me about this thing called disk encryption, how you can protect your data if your computer were ever to become compromised.. Now I go to a school where there are alot of bad people, who might steal my computer and I dont want them…
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What are the disadvantages of a partial encrypted file system?

There are two disks, one with a read-only filesystem, which holds the installation and configuration files (think root, usr, opt). The second disk is encrypted and holds everything dynamic and user data (think home, srv, var). There is no swap and…
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In TrueCrypt Hidden / Normal overriding?

If I have a normal TrueCrypt volume, and I want to create a Hidden volume inside of it, how do I stop the 2 from overriding each other? Or do I just have to manually make sure the inner volume does not go over the threshold?
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How to secure (encrypt, password protect) external hard drive used with Windows 7 and 10?

How can I secure (encrypt, password protect) a portable external hard drive (500GB, NTFS) I use on a couple of different computers (not simultaneously): one computer is my work Windows 7 laptop, the other is my home Windows 10…
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Accessible data when hard-drive is encrypted

I recently acquired a new computer so I decided to try a few things, such as disk-encryption (fir the record, I installed Ubuntu 15.10, made only one partition, wiping everything that was here). I ran across the problem that the random password I…
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Encrypting the System Infrastructure

The requirements are to Encrypt the data in our servers 'at rest' and the 'database' - in short the whole infrastructure. Threat Model - to protect a possible data-breach by an adversary (or from unauthorized entity), from physical theft (or for…
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Is there a full-disk-encryption OR file-encryption solution where a trojan can NOT extract the secret key (e.g. from RAM)?

Is there a full-disk-encryption OR single-file-encryption solution like an operating system or a combination of devices or services ... that make sure that the master-decryption-key can NOT be extracted or stolen by a trojan horse. So basically a…
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