Windows Vista Data Protection: Trusted Platform
Module
The data plays key role in the success of an organization.
Windows Vista operating system offers you new improved
feature "DUAL-use BitLocker Drive Encryption Trusted
Platform Module". In today's world many organizations
spend huge amount to protect data because this data
or corporate intellectual property is important in day
today life to run the organization smoothly. Data may
be in the form of the notes on the sales or marketing
strategies, employee's salary structure, record of available
inventory etc.
Loosing intellectual property is not affordable by
any organization. Windows Vista has developed improved
support for data protection at the document, file, directory,
and machine levels. Thanks to integrated Rights Management
client that allows organizations to enforce policies
around document usage.
It's based on the principle of Encrypting File System
that provides user-based file and directory encryption.
It allows storage of encryption keys on smart cards,
giving enhanced protection of encryption keys.
The new BitLocker enterprise feature is added for machine-level
data protection. It provides full-scale encryption of
the system volume, including Windows system files and
the hibernation file. The main aim behind this is to
protect data from being compromised on a lost or stolen.
Trusted Platform Module
Microsoft data protection manager is used based on
trusted platform module tpm. Microsoft always gives
user-friendly features, which are easy to handle, a
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 chip is used to store
the keys that encrypt and decrypt sectors on the Windows
hard drive. It requires the TPM and an enterprise management
infrastructure so that end users could handle it easily.
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