IT:AD:EFS
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Summary
A Microsoft technology for encrypting single files.
- Advantages:
- Unlike IT:AD:Bitlocker does not need admin rights.
- Can be used for doing individual files, rather than committing to the encryption of a whole drive.
- EFS encrypts files based on the user account associated with it. If a computer has multiple users or groups, each can encrypt their own files independently.
- Considerations:
- EFS does not require or use any special hardware.
- Disadvantages:
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