Information Protection Technologies

Following is a table that recommends the most appropriate data protection technology that can be used to protect High Business Impact information while sharing it on different platforms:

Technology	IRM	S/MIME	EFS	BitLocker and BitLocker To Go™
Technology description	Enables you to apply specific access permissions to documents, workbooks, and presentations to prevent unauthorized forwarding, printing, or copying; and to set expiration dates after which files no longer are available or usable.	Enables you to encrypt and/or digitally sign your e-mail messages so that only the people you specify can access them.	Encrypts your files or folders, and requires users other than you to enter the appropriate decryption key before they can access the encrypted content.	Protects data on your computer by preventing unauthorized access to the hard disk drive
Transmit with internal e-mail	Acceptable solution	Preferred solution
Transmit with external e-mail		Preferred solution
Share by using SharePoint	Preferred solution
Share by using Sharepoint Workspaces	Preferred solution
Storing on a computer New hardware running Windows Vista® or newer	Acceptable solution		Acceptable solution	Preferred solution
Storing on a computer Old hardware running Windows Vista or older	Preferred solution		Acceptable solution
Storing on removable mediaUse Windows 7 or Windows Server® 2008 R2			Acceptable solution	Preferred solution

For more information and recommendations on How to Secure Business Information, download the Securing Business Information Work Smart Guide from Microsoft IT.