Unfortunately, you can’t choose what you encrypt with BitLocker. It uses 128- or 256-bit AES encryption to encrypt all the data on your hard drive. If you’re a Windows user, you can likely take advantage of the full disk encryption software, BitLocker, which comes preinstalled on Windows Vista and Pro and Enterprise versions of Windows 7 and above. Although in both cases, there tends to be more available for Windows users than MacOS adopters. For most smartphone or tablet users, device encryption is built-in and relatively straightforward.įor desktop computers, depending on your operating system, there may be built-in encryption features, as well as several options for additional software. To start off, I’ll look at one of the most basic measures you may want to take to protect your data, and that’s to encrypt your device.
