Titles “Weaknesses in the encryption of solid state drives,” the paper shows how hackers could access the drive and transfer data without needing password authentication. While this is clearly a major problem, it is somewhat self-mitigated. That’s because the attacker would need physical access to the drive to be able to exploit the vulnerability. Still, the flaw does affect most solid state drives from leading manufacturers. Microsoft has responded to the paper with a security advisory that provides a step-by-step guide to switch to software-based encryption. With the process, admins can convert their encryption away from reliance on hardware. Here is the process Microsoft recommends:
Alternative Option
Another options for switching to software encryption is as follows: It is worth remembering this vulnerability is only a problem for solid state drives and not normal hard drives (HDDs).
