Using FileVault 2

Prior to Lion, Apple’s solution for protecting user data involved encrypting just the user’s home folder content. This system, now dubbed Legacy FileVault, came with a list of caveats that prevented many system features and third-party software from behaving as expected. Further, it did not meet the security requirements of many organizations that require full-disk encryption. While third-party solutions for full-disk encryption did emerge for previous versions of Mac OS X, they often exhibited issues whenever Apple updated hardware or software. If Apple elected to make certain updates to the system, many third-party full-disk encryption schemes would simply stop working. This would leave the user literally stranded with no way to reach hi....