No Back Doors; No Open Windows

Overview

Full Disk Encryption (FDE) has been hailed as the final word in Data-At-Rest (DAR) security by many in the industry, but some fail to recognize that encryption is only as secure as the authentication used to access it. Encryption without strong authentication is like locking the door and then leaving the key in the lock while one walks away. Leaving authentication to the operating system is one step better, but only gives the user the security of hiding the key under the doormat.