{"id":290,"date":"2014-01-03T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T16:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somethingk.com\/main\/?p=290"},"modified":"2014-01-03T09:26:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T16:26:34","slug":"bitlocker-enable-pin-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somethingk.com\/main\/bitlocker-enable-pin-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"BitLocker Enable Pin Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

So from my earlier post<\/a>, I choose to enable BitLocker encryption. For the more paranoid users, there may be a desire to intensify security.<\/p>\n

After I went through the excruciating long wait for my drives to finish encrypting, I wanted to enable pin authentication on startup. I thought this would automatically be enabled but for me it wasn’t.<\/p>\n

The process for this was super easy but a simple search did not render any useful documentation so I figured I would just post how to do it.<\/p>\n

The first part of the process required editing the Windows Group Policy.\u00a0Group policies<\/a> are awesome, definitely worth exploring! “Group Policy provides the centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users’ settings in an\u00a0Active Directory<\/a>\u00a0environment”<\/em> (Wikipedia).<\/p>\n

In Windows 8, simple search or type “group policy” on the startup page. Select “Edit group policy.”<\/p>\n

\"Find<\/a><\/p>\n

From the tree on the left of the policy window, go to:<\/p>\n

Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> BitLocker Drive Encryption -> Operating System Drives<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Group<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Open the setting, “Require additional authentication at startup.”<\/p>\n

\"Addition<\/a><\/p>\n

The only change I made was to enable the authentication setting, I kept all default settings. Be aware, this may not be ideal for users who do not have TPM<\/a>\u00a0because the machine might expect a USB key which is a pain to require for each startup. TPM stands for Trusted Platform Module and version 1.2 can be found on most Windows systems older than 2011.<\/p>\n

After changing the group policy, force your computer to update by running the command:<\/p>\n

gpupdate<\/pre>\n
Lastly, go into BitLocker management and edit the startup setting from the “Change how drive is unlocked at startup” option. Add a pin or whatever else to beef up your security.<\/p>\n
\"BitLocker<\/a><\/p>\n
Complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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