I'm new to this site, but have been looking for a while for a good forum for computer based threads and information. Here goes;
So, at my workplace we've recently started rolling out SSDs with the new laptops we build. We've purchased a relatively large amount from Dell which come with built-in Encryption. I personally think this is very clever, the drive is already and permanently fully encrypted, all you need to do is set a password for it (from within the BIOS (it adds itself a setting there)), and whenever anything is written to it, its encrypted. What caught my eye though, is that once you've set the password, you need to know it to get into the BIOS settings aswell, let alone boot the OS. My question is, and for all intents and purposes I'm not looking for definitive answers, but just some general conversation about, is how this in-built SSD encryption manages to tap into the BIOS?
So, at my workplace we've recently started rolling out SSDs with the new laptops we build. We've purchased a relatively large amount from Dell which come with built-in Encryption. I personally think this is very clever, the drive is already and permanently fully encrypted, all you need to do is set a password for it (from within the BIOS (it adds itself a setting there)), and whenever anything is written to it, its encrypted. What caught my eye though, is that once you've set the password, you need to know it to get into the BIOS settings aswell, let alone boot the OS. My question is, and for all intents and purposes I'm not looking for definitive answers, but just some general conversation about, is how this in-built SSD encryption manages to tap into the BIOS?
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