Lab — Encrypt the System Volume with BitLocker and a TPM

Security+ SY0-701 · formative simulation
Obj 1.4 · Full-disk encryption Obj 1.4 · TPM Obj 2.5 · Encryption

Scenario

You are the security administrator at Larkspur Diagnostics, a regional medical-imaging lab. The reading-room workstation RADIO-WS-12 holds locally cached patient scans, and compliance staff are worried that a stolen drive would expose that data at rest. The board has asked you to encrypt the machine's entire operating-system volume. RADIO-WS-12 has a discrete TPM 2.0 chip on the motherboard, currently switched off in firmware.

Your job: enable the TPM in firmware, then turn on BitLocker for the operating-system drive (C:), escrow the recovery key to the protected share \\VAULT-SRV\Recovery$\RADIO-WS-12, encrypt the entire drive using the new (XTS-AES) encryption mode, and run a system check before encryption begins.

RADIO-WS-12 · UEFI Firmware Setup Utility v3.18
Main Security Boot Exit
Security Device (TPM 2.0) Master switch for the on-board trusted platform module.
TPM State Must be Activated for the operating system to use the module.
F10 = Save & Exit  ·  ESC = Discard
Tip: the firmware step gates the Windows step, just like real hardware.

Task checklist

  • Enable and activate the TPM in firmware
  • Turn on BitLocker for the operating-system drive (C:)
  • Escrow the recovery key to the network folder
  • Encrypt the entire drive (not used space only)
  • Use the new encryption mode (XTS-AES)
  • Run the BitLocker system check
Tasks complete0 / 6

Knowledge check

Questions correct0 / 4

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