"People generally don't take the time to secure this information online, so it's good that Microsoft is facilitating it," O'Donnell said.īut O'Donnell also warns that there is a flipside to putting work documents in a Personal Vault that only the user - not the employer - has access to. Microsoft TECHnalysis Research analyst Bob O'Donnell is impressed with various aspects of the service, including ease of scanning important personal documents such as a driver's license, birth certificate, passport or insurance forms directly into the protected folder. Microsoft is getting the jump on other cloud vendors such as Apple's iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox, which do not yet support two-factor authentication of protected folders. Ultimately, it's a good thing that data is being encrypted and protected by two-factor authentication.īob O'DonnellAnalyst, TECHnalysis Research Making it easier to secure important documents "Personal Vault adds to the robust privacy and security that OneDrive currently offers, including file encryption at rest and in transit, suspicious activity monitoring, ransomware detection and recovery, mass file deletion notification and recovery, virus scanning on download for known threats, and version history for all file types," Seth Patton, general manager of Microsoft 365, wrote in a blog post.Īny files left open in Microsoft OneDrive Personal Vault will also automatically lock after a certain period of time requiring the user to reauthenticate to access them.Īlso, on Windows 10 PCs, OneDrive syncs Personal Vault files to a BitLocker-encrypted area of users' local hard drives. Microsoft said it already offers plenty of protection to OneDrive itself, but Personal Vault offers additional peace of mind and protects files that might be at risk should a password be stolen or compromised. The idea is that even if an unauthorized user accesses your OneDrive account, these files would still be protected. That second step - also known as two-factor authentication - can be a fingerprint, facial recognition, PIN or code sent to your phone. Any files "locked" in the Personal Vault, a protected area within OneDrive, can only be accessed with a second step beyond the login and ID required to use OneDrive.
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