Recent Princeton University research showed that widely used disk encryption technologies may be putting critical laptop data at risk. This demonstration has made many organizations understand that their disk encryption solutions may no longer be the panacea for protecting critical data on laptops – deeper protection is required. The good news is that there are software-driven techniques that can defend against Cold Boot attacks on machines that have been shut off, machines that are hibernating or sleeping, and machines in screen lock mode.

BitArmor has developed patent-pending software techniques to prevent such attacks on encryption keys in memory in order to ensure that critical systems remain secure.