Windows 11 is the latest operating system from Microsoft that offers many new features and performance improvements. However, in addition to that, Windows 11 also has some security settings that can help you protect your data and privacy from online threats. In this article, we will discuss the best security settings in Windows 11 that you should know and enable. 1] Make sure your Windows 11 is always up to date One important step to keeping your operating system secure is to make sure that...
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How to Enable or Disable BitLocker Encryption in Windows
23 June 2022
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data security tool that encrypts your disk to help keep your data safe. The BitLocker feature will provide maximum protection when you use it with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 1.2 or later. The TPM is a hardware component that works closely with BitLocker to help protect user data and ensure that the computer is not tampered with while the system is running offline. Is it safe to disable BitLocker? If you disable BitLocker encryption, it will make...
How to Add TPM (Trusted Platform Module) to VMWare Virtual Machine
23 March 2022
A TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a chip that offers cryptographic functions, such as generating and storing encryption keys to enable features like Windows Hello, BitLocker, and others and confirm that the operating system and firmware are on your device are what they should be. VMware Workstation Pro supports TPM version 2.0. You can add a Virtual Trusted Platform Module (TPM) to an existing virtual machine to provide enhanced security to the guest operating system. Then, you can also...
How to Encrypt a USB Flash Drive with BitLocker Windows 11
01 March 2022
Encryption is one way to protect your data so that only certain people who have the key can access it. If you have sensitive data, protecting that data by encrypting it will increase the security of that data. For example, if you have sensitive data stored on your computer and you do not encrypt it, then other people will easily retrieve your data by moving your hard drive to another computer as a second drive. However, if your drive is encrypted, when they try to open it will be asked to...