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What is AES Encryption and how is it used?

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What is AES Encryption and how is it used?

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During installation of the GuardianEdge Hard Disk Encryption endpoint client, a unique workstation encryption key is created and securely stored on the drive. The GuardianEdge Hard Disk Encryption driver intercepts all drive read and write requests from the operating system, and uses the workstation encryption key in combination with the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm to encrypt every block of data when Windows writes a file to the drive, and decrypt every block of data into memory when Windows reads a file from the drive. Data stored on the drive is always encrypted. GuardianEdge Hard Disk Encryption decrypts data into memory – never onto the drive! – As Windows reads a file.