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Krishanthad
Copper Contributor
Aug 17, 2020

Bitlocker Intune question

Hi I have manage to enable bitlocker on my autopilot device and it is shown that protection is on. But when I try to copy file from the document folder to an external usb I can open this file on ano...
Bitlocker Encryption
Intune
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  • HidMov's avatar
    HidMov
    Aug 17, 2020

    Hi Krishanthad 

     

    Bitlocker works at the drive level, not individual folder level. Copying a file to a non-bitlocker drive will copy an unencrypted copy of it which means it can be opened.

     

    The idea of Bitlocker is that if your laptop is or hard disk is stolen, the contents cannot be read by someone plugging it into another computer and attempting to browse - they would need to unlock it first. 

     

    To encrypt specific files/folders, you would need to leverage Encrypted File Services (EFS) 

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HidMov
Steel Contributor

Hi Krishanthad 

 

Bitlocker works at the drive level, not individual folder level. Copying a file to a non-bitlocker drive will copy an unencrypted copy of it which means it can be opened.

 

The idea of Bitlocker is that if your laptop is or hard disk is stolen, the contents cannot be read by someone plugging it into another computer and attempting to browse - they would need to unlock it first. 

 

To encrypt specific files/folders, you would need to leverage Encrypted File Services (EFS) 

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