Thi Nguyen-Huu

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Thi is the President and CEO of WinMagic, which he founded in 1997, with a vision to create encryption solutions that are secure, sophisticated yet easy-to-use for enterprises. Today this vision has evolved to Intelligent Management for Everything Encryption. When he is not busy running and growing the company, Thi is sport enthusiastic and thus always competitive. His one concession to constant competitiveness is leading a weekly Integral Taichi CK10 class at work, which provides relaxation and harmony to his hard working WinMagicians. Thi writes from a position of constant leadership and innovation; having two past successful ventures, his knowledge and experience will offer interesting insights within the security industry.

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“Extracting BitLocker keys from a TPM”

(Pre-Boot Authentication: Wisdom in Security – Part 3) In my September 2018 blog “Pre-Boot Authentication. Wisdom in Security Part 2” I concluded that: “Bottom Line: ‘No PBA’ is not a wise choice for enterprises Microsoft’s reasoning that you don’t need…

Mar 18, 2019

Thi Nguyen-Huu

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Pre-Boot Authentication: Wisdom in Security – Part 2

In my recent blog “Pre-Boot Authentication. Wisdom in Security” I wrote in conclusion: Bottom Line: ‘No PBA’ is not a wise choice for enterprises Microsoft’s reasoning that you don’t need PBA because the known memory attacks are difficult to pull…

Sep 25, 2018

Thi Nguyen-Huu

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Pre-Boot Authentication: Wisdom in Security

As my colleague Garry McCracken ably reported earlier in this blog (Is Microsoft claiming Pre-Boot Authentication for FDE is not necessary?), Microsoft, in its wisdom, has declared that pre-boot authentication (PBA) for full-disk encryption (FDE) is not strictly necessary –…

Jul 24, 2018

Thi Nguyen-Huu

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Using Pre-Boot Networking to Improve Key File Deployment

In our previous blog posting, we explained WinMagic’s two-stage model for enterprise key file deployment. Enterprise key file deployment is a highly complex endeavor, with many use cases for device provisioning to consider and address; additional challenges include speed, security,…

Nov 4, 2015

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WinMagic’s Two-Stage Model for Key File Deployment

Our previous blog posting explained the need for more usable and effective intelligent key management solutions for enterprises. We defined intelligent key management as a centralized enterprise product that is application aware, and that works at the lowest possible layer…

Sep 21, 2015

Thi Nguyen-Huu

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Putting Intelligence in Key Management

Our previous blog posting established that storage encryption technologies, such as full disk encryption (FDE), and their associated key management functions should be separated from each other. (more…)

Jun 25, 2015

Thi Nguyen-Huu

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Separating Encryption and Key Management

In our previous blog posting, we explored the shortcomings of software-based full disk encryption (FDE) and made the case for switching to self-encrypting drives (SED) in the long run. (more…)

Jun 8, 2015

Thi Nguyen-Huu

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The Road Ahead for Full Disk Encryption

Software-based full disk encryption (FDE) technologies have been widely adopted to protect data stored on computing devices, most often laptops or desktops. (more…)

May 12, 2015

Thi Nguyen-Huu

“Extracting BitLocker keys from a TPM”

Pre-Boot Authentication: Wisdom in Security – Part 2

Pre-Boot Authentication: Wisdom in Security

Using Pre-Boot Networking to Improve Key File Deployment

WinMagic’s Two-Stage Model for Key File Deployment

Putting Intelligence in Key Management

Separating Encryption and Key Management

The Road Ahead for Full Disk Encryption

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