Apple OS X 10.7 Lion – This weeks feature (FileVault 2)
Full disk encryption
FileVault now encrypts the entire drive on your Mac, helping keep your data secure.
Strong encryption
FileVault 2 uses XTS-AES 128 encryption to secure the data on your Mac.
High performance
FileVault 2 encrypts and decrypts your data on the fly with an imperceptible performance impact.
Optimized initial encryption
The initial encryption is designed to be fast and nonintrusive. FileVault 2 quickly encrypts the entire drive live, so you can continue to work as it encrypts. It’s also designed to relinquish processor cycles to higher-priority user tasks like copying files or browsing.
Instant wipe
With FileVault 2, instant wipe removes the encryption key from your Mac instantaneously, making the data completely inaccessible. Then your Mac performs an entire wipe of the data from the disk.
External drive support
FileVault 2 supports encryption of external USB and FireWire drives. and that’s awesome to have it without a mac products just plug any of your external Hard drive USB or NAS and good to go.
