• Classroom
  • Online, Instructor-Led
Course Description

This 2-day instructor-led course teaches you everything you need to know about BitLocker. This course includes hands-on labs. These labs reinforce and expand on the instructor-led portion by having you actually deploy and operate BitLocker. You'll practice techniques for setting up a BitLocker-enabled environment, implementing BitLocker on multiple system configurations, and recovering BitLocker after the detection of a possible compromise.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, students will understand how to:

  • Plan for BitLocker deployment for both new and existing computers
  • Create a recovery plan for lost encryption keys
  • Identify computers that meet BitLocker hardware security requirements
  • Determine optimal settings for encryption and data recovery
  • Choose a strategy that minimizes BitLocker Recovery events
  • Select and implement a BitLocker deployment method
  • Implement an organization-wide or limited-scope BitLocker deployment
  • Plan BitLocker integration with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Active Directory Domain Services, and Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)
  • Support BitLocker systems in the field with minimal downtime

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support
  • Systems Architecture
  • Systems Requirements Planning

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

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