The Dutch General Intelligence and Security service has the use of Microsoft’s Bitlocker encryptiefunctionaliteit approved for security level Departmental Confidential, after authorities therefore asked.
Bitlocker officially part of the approved list of security products for mobile devices. The desire to be the encryptiefunctonaliteit to use came from the government itself, claims Microsoft. “For these organizations, BitLocker is interesting because of the integration with the existing Active Directory infrastructure and manageability through Group Policies,” said Microsoft, which holds that the ability to usb memory sticks to encrypt as an additional advantage was seen.
The department of the National Bureau for connection security, the AIVD, that the government supports the security of sensitive data, previously made known Bitlocker approved for security level Departmental Confidential. This is the level for the security of information which, in the wrong hands, cases, the interest of ministers may harm.
Bitlocker was at the same time with Windows Vista in 2007 introduced, as part of Windows 7 and will also be part of Windows 8. The technique ensures that all data stored on a medium is stored, including the hibernation file, and crash dump, via aes encrypted. The technology works in combination with tpm chips. In the past, and dived several times rumors that Microsoft the functionality provided had a backdoor. The Dutch cryptography expert Niels Ferguson, who at Microsoft was responsible for the development of Bitlocker, referred to these rumors with the words ‘over my dead body’ to the realm of fable.