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Use EFS to Encrypt Files on NTFS Volumes
Part of Windows Administration Fundamentals Topic: Essential IT
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What you'll do
In this lab students will use File Explorer to encrypt files and folders through Encrypting File System (EFS), and then test the configuration by attempting to access an encrypted file as a different user.
- The students will cipher.exe command line tool to manage EFS file encryption
- ⏱ About 2 h
- Counts towards: CompTIA A+ (exams 220-1201 / 220-1202)
Roadmaps that use this lab
- CompTIA A+ (220-1201 / 220-1202) — step 3: Practise on live systems
- Security Engineer — career path — step 3: Harden Windows and Active Directory
- Security Administrator — career path — step 1: IT foundation



