Full Disk Encryption

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Protect classified data on the hard drive level

Full Disk Encryption offers sector-based hard drive encryption for laptops – BSI-approved for classified environments. It ensures robust protection even for laptop theft or loss, bypassing vulnerabilities like password breaches. Also available as non-certified version.

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Approved for: VS-NfD, RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED, NATO RESTRICTED

Designed in accordance with the requirements of the BSI and specially developed for German public authority customers and the secret-protection industry.

Sector-based, full hard-disk encryption

Reliable data security through user-transparent partition encryption with reliable encryption algorithms.

No impact on device performance

Full Disk Encryption uses proven encryption algorithms and maximizes data security by encryption of all files, including system files, configuration files, swap and temporary files, without impacting device performance.

Highest security even with shared use of laptops

Offer the possibility of several people using the same laptop without the shared use of passwords or smart cards.

Convenient and user-friendly login process

Based on the unchanged Windows operating system login process after the pre-boot authentication, Full Disk Encryption provides secure and convenient device usage for the users.

Utimaco Full Disk Encryption is the VS-NfD approved solution for public sector organizations who want to use conventional laptops in classified environments. The pre-boot authentication enables shared laptop use with individual passwords and no need to share smart cards while still providing convenient device access with an unchanged Windows login process.

Full Disk Encryption is approved for RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED, NATO RESTRICTED and VS-NfD by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

User-transparent partition scrambling

Use of the encryption algorithm AES-256-XTS
Encryption using either full partition encryption or fast initial encryption

Secure entropy generation

Using Utimaco’s CryptoServer General Purpose HSM with VS-NfD version (BSI approved)
By means of a BSI-approved true random number generator and smart card integration

Microsoft upgrade mechanism support

Support of the respective Windows 10 version 1809 and newer
Support of the integrated Microsoft In-Place Upgrade mechanism
Allows Windows 10 SAC to be upgraded to a successor version while retaining encrypted partitions/disks

Support for various smartcards

Atos CardOS 5.0 and 5.3 (BSI approved)
Telekom TCOS 3
Telekom TCOS 4 (BSI approved)

Others

LAN Crypt File and Folder Encryption CryptoServer General Purpose HSM

Certifications and Compliance

All Full Disk Encryption models are certified to:

VS-NfD

Verschlusssachen - nur für den Dienstgebrauch (VS-NfD) stands for "classified information - for official use only" and represents one of the four secrecy levels used in German public authorities. Its disclosure to unauthorized individuals could harm the interests or reputation of the Federal Republic of Germany or its states.

RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED

RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED is a secrecy level for EU classified information, indicating that unauthorized disclosure could harm the interests of the EU or one or more of its member states.

NATO RESTRICTED

NATO RESTRICTED is a secrecy level for NATO classified information, indicating that the unauthorized disclosure of the information could harm NATO's interests.

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Utimaco Full Disk Encryption is a software for reliable, sector- based hard drive encryption approved for VS-NfD, RESTREINT UE/ EU RESTRICTED and NATO RESTRICTED data.

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Full Disk Encryption

Utimaco Full Disk Encryption is a software for reliable, sector- based hard drive encryption approved for VS-NfD, RESTREINT UE/ EU RESTRICTED and NATO RESTRICTED data.

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NIS2 Directive Compliance

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