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Microsoft Windows: Hardware-based encryption for OS drives (software encryption failover)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This test checks the setting for policy 'Configure use of hardware-based encryption for operating system drives: Use BitLocker software-based encryption when hardware encryption is not available' on Windows hosts (at least Windows 8.1). The setting manages BitLockers use of hardware-based encryption on operating system drives and specify which encryption algorithms it can use with hardware-based encryption. Using hardware-based encryption can improve performance of drive operations that involve frequent reading or writing of data to the drive. The option specifies whether BitLocker software-based encryption is used instead of hardware-based encryption on computers that do not support hardware-based encryption.