We have a client with very specific security needs. He needs a laptop in which all his information is protected and inaccessible in case of theft. He says there could be people who want to access that information so we must provide a good encryption technology.
We have researched and reached Bitlocker and Veracrypt. But we want to get information about these 2 technogies before choose one:
- Which has a greater impact on laptop performance? It will be a powerful computer (probably a Slimbook Pro X with i7 and 32GB RAM, SSD drive etc) but we don't want to waste resources.
- Is it possible to use them with dual boot windows and linux? This will also be the client's personal computer and has told us that he would like to have this possibility.
1 Answer
Bitlocker will be faster than Veracrypt, since it has better integration into the OS which gives performance boosts. This can be taken as a rule of thumb. Tools with tight OS integration usually perform better than third party tools.
As a side note: In its standard settings, a Bitlocker decryption key will be stored in Microsoft's cloud.
Yes dual boot is possible. Just make sure that you activate Bitlocker after installing Linux.
