Bypassing Local Windows Authentication To Defeat Full Disk Encryption

by Ian Haken In 2007, starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft began shipping a full disk encryption feature named BitLocker with professional and enterprise versions of Windows. Full disk encryption helps protect users from threats that include physical access. This can, for example, prevent the exposure of proprietary information and account credentials if a company laptop is lost, stolen, or even left temporarily accessible to an attacker. Under the hood, BitLocker utilizes a system’s Trusted Platform Mo