File Share Encryption

Dear colleages, 

I need a help on understanding the PGP encryption process, simply i start the encrypt process for an external device, once started i unplug the disk and attach it to another machine, i find it encrypted and asking for my passphrase ... does this process is enough to make the disk safe from compromising or we need to complete the encryption process 100% to be correctly secured 

i need to know the difference between the full encryption (i.e 100% encrypted) and say (5% encrypted)???

regards,

Mohamed Gamal

 

 

Whole Disk Encryption actually encrypts every sector of the disk regardless of whether the sector contains any data - the only non-encrypted sector(s) is that containing the PGP boot loader.  The percent encrypted is simply what percent of the disk's sectors that have so far been encrypted.  Any data in the sectors that have already been encrypted are safe, while data in the not yet encrypted sectors is not safe.  When 100% is encrypted, all your data is safe.

Thanks Mr. Tom,

But how will it be unsafe and the whole disk need a passphrase to be opened, could u please tell me how to get data on it, if i do not know the password of the encryption :)

 

 

The disk surface can be scanned, such as when a forensic examination is being done, and the data that is not in encrypted sectors and be accessed.

Thanks Again Mr. Tom :)

Regards,

Mohamed Gamal

 

 

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