Using encrypted files and drives is normally something you can do without even thinking about it. In most cases, simply logging into your computer is all that is needed to access the data. However, in ...

Encrypting files, folders, and drives on your computer means that no one else can make sense of the data they contain without a particular decryption key—which in most cases is a password known only ...

Any of these encryption apps can safeguard a file’s contents, but differ in terms of supported platforms, remote capabilities, and features. Large or small, every company has secrets it needs to keep ...

Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever-wonderful, yet ...

On the one-year anniversary of Edward Snowden's first NSA document leaks, Bahaa Nasr spent the day in Beirut, teaching a roomful of Middle East activists how to thwart the kind of government-backed ...

A new and free file-transfer service offers users the ability to send encrypted files with expiring links, as well as a number of other personal data safety features. Software developer Mozilla ...

NarsiReddy Cheruku wants a way to encrypt files that are stored on a flash drive or external hard drive. Flash drives are easy to lose. And anything lost can fall into the wrong hands. So if you’re ...

Porcupins asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum if encryption standards like AES really make your data secure. There’s no such thing as perfect security. Someone with sufficient time and money ...