Encrypting folders prevents unauthorized access to its containing files and secures them behind a password. VeraCrypt is a free, open-source tool that can create encrypted folders on Linux in a few ...

If you have files that you don't want anyone to see, or data that you have to keep tightly managed for work, you are worried that someone will steal your information with normal storage methods. If ...

Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can ...

USB drives, external HDDs, and memory cards—remains the go-to for transferring and backing up data. But these devices are also among the easies ...

The methods are the same as the Truecrypt: you can create individual file containers and mount them as drives so that you can keep your files encrypted. A container is actually a place that when ...

Encryption is an interesting thing. The first time I saw encryption in action was on a friend’s Gentoo Linux laptop that could only boot if the USB key with the boot partition and decryption key was ...

Encrypting your sensitive data is important, but not all encryption tools are the same. Last week we asked you for your favorites, and then we looked at the top five file encryption tools and put them ...

If you want to keep your business’s data safe, encryption is essential. By encrypting files directly, you ensure that they can’t be opened without a password — protecting the files from hackers and ...