{"id":207561,"date":"2026-01-26T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/microsoft-handed-over-bitlocker-keys-to-law-enforcement-raising-enterprise-data-control-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T19:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:05:18","slug":"microsoft-handed-over-bitlocker-keys-to-law-enforcement-raising-enterprise-data-control-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/microsoft-handed-over-bitlocker-keys-to-law-enforcement-raising-enterprise-data-control-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft handed over BitLocker keys to law enforcement, raising enterprise data control concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/4122151\/microsoft-handed-over-bitlocker-keys-to-law-enforcement-raising-enterprise-data-control-concerns-2.html\">Microsoft handed over BitLocker keys to law enforcement, raising enterprise data control concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/4122151\/microsoft-handed-over-bitlocker-keys-to-law-enforcement-raising-enterprise-data-control-concerns-2.html\">https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/4122151\/microsoft-handed-over-bitlocker-keys-to-law-enforcement-raising-enterprise-data-control-concerns-2.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-26 10:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.csoonline.com\">www.csoonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If recovery keys are stored with a cloud provider, that provider may be compelled, at least in its home jurisdiction, to hand them over under lawful order, even if the data subject or company is elsewhere without notifying the company. This becomes even more critical from the point of view of a pharma company, semiconductor firm, defence contractor, or critical-infrastructure operator, as it exposes them to risks such as exposure of trade secrets in cross\u2011border investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Jaju added, \u201cEnterprises should assume that where keys are held, they can potentially be compelled. So where practical, ensure that the entities controlling keys are legally anchored in the jurisdiction whose laws and due-process standards you trust most. Establish board-level oversight on cross-border data access, including a register of government data-access requests, where legally permitted. For multinational companies, legal and security teams must work together to understand mutual legal-assistance treaties, CLOUD Act implications, and local interception laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on Computerworld.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/4122151\/microsoft-handed-over-bitlocker-keys-to-law-enforcement-raising-enterprise-data-control-concerns-2.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft handed over BitLocker keys to law enforcement, raising enterprise data control concerns https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/4122151\/microsoft-handed-over-bitlocker-keys-to-law-enforcement-raising-enterprise-data-control-concerns-2.html Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4122151-0-58826900-1769457039-bitlocker-encryption-windows.jpg?quality=50&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207563,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207561\/revisions\/207563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}