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    BitLocker

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's BitLocker is an endpoint encryption option.

    $100

    One Time Fee

    Pricing
    BitLocker
    Editions & Modules
    Windows 10 Home
    $100.00
    One Time Fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BitLocker
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    BitLocker
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose BitLocker
    BitLocker Drive Encryption is much more reliable. We used McAfee drive encryption prior to moving to BitLocker Drive Encryption. While McAfee was useful, it's required pre-boot environment always fell out of sync with AD passwords, causing users difficulty to sign into their …
    Incentivized
    Chose BitLocker
    BitLocker Drive Encryption solution offering is cheaper than the one that McAfee offers, it will help you with specific business concerns like "how many encrypted assets do I have?" it's easy to maintain, easy to deploy, and easy to track. It's best suited for companies that …
    Incentivized
    Chose BitLocker
    This was formerly called Symantec PGP encryption. We selected BitLocker since this is what the University has deployed and is currently supporting. BitLocker has many advantages over Symantec PGP, as BitLocker is built-into all Windows computers. With PGP, this was a …
    Incentivized
    Chose BitLocker
    I can't think of any alternative that I know of.
    Incentivized
    Chose BitLocker
    Previously used TrueCrypt until vulnerabilities were discovered. Overall performance improved when going from TrueCrypt to BitLocker.
    Incentivized
    Chose BitLocker
    Most other whole drive encryption tools are really not that easy to manage and come with big performance when compared to Bitlocker. Also, a lot of them don't use TPM which in my opinion gives you better protection.

    As for Truecrypt which was what we were using before, it is not …
    Incentivized
    Chose BitLocker
    There is not much alternative to Bitlocker, you may want to try self-encrypted disk, but for a business perspective, it is not as easy as Bitlocker to manage. Self-encrypted may be faster, but recovering data for a system administrator is a disaster.

    There was more alternative …
    Incentivized
    Chose BitLocker
    There really is no competition with disk encryption at least on a Windows platform. Most Microsoft OS's have bitlocker encryption available to them.
    Incentivized
    Chose BitLocker
    BitLocker is a lot easier to enable. It's a simple flick of the switch inside Intune.
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    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
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    BitLocker
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    Symantec Encryption
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Trellix Complete Data Protection
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BitLocker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BitLocker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    It is well suited especially for users that access or store sensitive/confidential data on their computers. In the case of where users are accessing confidential data over the network, it is highly recommended to use Bitlocker to encrypt the computer. In the case where users are storing confidential data on their computer, it should be a requirement that BitLocker is used/enabled. It would be less appropriate if someone was using a computer and they were not dealing with any sensitive data, or in cases where the computer is used for recreational purposes (browsing the web, playing games, etc).
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Encrypts the entire drive and provides a high level of security.
    • In an Active Directory environment, you can set up BitLocker to automatically save keys to AD.
    • As part of Windows, no additional licensing costs.
    • Set up and configuration is relatively easy.
    • Uses TPM module to increase security.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Even if it's the best we tested, I think write performance could be improved. Maybe with dedicated hardware inside the TPM?
    • No integration with OS password is a shame as most others have it and it is Microsoft on Microsoft so they can probably do it better then anyone else and safer.
    • I wish they would support multiple passwords like FileVault on macOS. If it's a shared computer, you have to give the only password to Bitlocker to both users.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Very easy to enable.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Not good nor bad, BitLocker encryption is a symptom of our era, we need to protect ourselves and our data, BitLocker is a tool, as an IT we have to deal with it but it doesn't bring any benefit to my daily operations.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    BitLocker Drive Encryption solution offering is cheaper than the one that McAfee offers, it will help you with specific business concerns like "how many encrypted assets do I have?" it's easy to maintain, easy to deploy, and easy to track. It's best suited for companies that are not trying to go far away on the disk encryption matter
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • The biggest positive impact it has on ROI is the cost savings, since there is no cost to using the software.
    • Since it's widely available to anyone with a Windows computer, and the program is built into the operating system, there is no need to really install anything. This helps to save time of the IT department having to do installs, and also keep track of licensing, etc.
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