Att skydda sin information mot offline-attacker och stöld kan vara önskvärt, därför kan man använda sig utav filsystemskryptering. Den här studien är en prestandatestning av de tre olika kryptoprogrammen BestCrypt, Bitlocker och DiskCryptor, som krypterar filsystemet. Resultaten syftar till att ge en fingervisning av vilket kryptoprogram man bör välja. Detta tydliggjordes när testerna visade att filsystemskryptering påverkar responsen hos Apache och FileZilla och att de påverkades olika mycket beroende av kryptoprogram..

This work is about cryptography in general but also how the encryption works, and what's needed for encryption to work. I will also take up a little around the history around the encryption..

Information stored on unprotected computers that gets lost or stolen, and falls intothe wrong hands, can easily be accessed by moving the hard disk to a controlledcomputer, or by booting the computer from a removable medium, in order to getaround the operating system login. This is something that largely affects companieswhere customer information, trade secrets and other sensitive information can becompromised. A classic solution to the problem is encryption of individual files, but ithas some drawbacks as it puts a great responsibility on the users and unencryptedinformation can be left by mistake. A better solution to the problem is transparentencryption of the entire hard disk, i.e. that encryption and decryption of informationis performed automatically and without the user being affected.