Guide to Securing Microsoft Windows 2000 Encrypting File System

Abstract

The Windows 2000 Encrypting File System (EFS) is an enhancement available only to the Windows 2000 version of the NTFS v.5 file system. It allows users to encrypt/decrypt files on the fly to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access, while still providing for data recovery by the administrator if a user loses/deletes their keys or leaves the organization and their profile is removed before the files are decrypted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA401572

Entities

People

  • Graham Bucholz
  • Harley Parkes

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Asymetric Encryption
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Cryptography
  • Directories
  • National Security
  • Operating Systems
  • Recovery
  • Security
  • Security Protocols
  • Trademarks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Database Systems and Applications