With many forms of industry standards and cybersecurity guidelines, you will see how important it is to encrypt your data. You may password protect your Windows device, but if it stolen – all it takes is someone to remove the drive, plug it into a HDD caddy, and they will have access to your data. Windows comes with its own version of encryption called BitLocker. Once BitLocker has been enabled, the data on that drive is encrypted.
However, is the standard out-of-the-box version of BitLocker secure enough? I’m going to show you how to encrypt your data with a PIN, meaning you can only get into Windows knowing the BitLocker PIN. Please note that you need to be running a Pro version of Windows to enable this setting.

