Here is what Gartner has to say about BitLocker: http://vista.blog.gartner.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1875
My thoughts: I highly doubt that BitLocker will ever be widely implemented anywhere. It will be like EFS which even Microsoft's security group doesn't use (they use Winzip AES). Here are my reasons for the above statement: 1) BitLocker is only supported on Windows Vista Ultimate. Ultimate edition is pricey and will not be used by most businesses. 2) Vista requires latest and greatest hardware, which is not the case at most of the shops. 3) There exists plethora of alternative, which are cheap, support multiple platforms/OS and works well with the existing older hardware. 4) New computers will start shipping with Seagate's Momentus FDE.2 HDD which has a hardware chip that performs the encryption, thus relieving the CPU. http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/laptops/momentus/momentus_5400_fde.2/ On 1/29/07, Sable Cantus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have any of you implemented bitlocker in your test or IT > environments? I began last week and it seems that there are plenty > of MS paperwork about the importance of FDE, etc. but not a lot of > details about the technology or how it stacks up with other > encryption technologies. Specifically: PGP and Utimaco. _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
