Microsoft makes securing files faster with hardware-accelerated BitLocker

If you have use BitLocker to secure files within Windows 11, you will almost certainly have noticed something of a performance hit. Microsoft is not unaware of this, and is taking steps to help improve things. The company is rolling out hardware-accelerated BitLocker, which should help to provide a speed boost on systems with NVMe drives. The new approach helps to avoid bottlenecks which can massively impact on performance. Writing about the feature, which was first nveiled at Microsoft Ignite recently, the company says: “We know that users desire both security and great performance. Historically, we have strived to keep… [Continue Reading]