Coming Soon: Bitlocker To Go Encryption For NSU Owned Windows Desktops and Laptops

The Office of Innovation and Information Technology will be enabling BitLocker To Go encryption for external hard drives and USB flash drives used with NSU owned Windows Desktops and Laptops on October 21, 2019.

How does BitLocker work? Bitlocker To Go is a Microsoft Windows feature that allows you to password protect and encrypt your portable device including external hard drives and USB flash drives when an attempt is made to connect to an NSU owned Windows Desktop or Laptop.

How will it benefit  you and NSU? Encrypting removable media means that if it is lost or stolen, NSU’s data will not be compromised and demonstrates due diligence. We have taken the direction of using this technology across all NSU Windows devices in order to prevent the exfiltration of all sensitive data.

To learn more about BitLocker To Go visit our Bitlocker FAQ website located at https://www.nova.edu/oiit/bitlocker/