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

Have a private document on your desktop OS? Here's how to keep it secure on Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

One thing I'm not clear on...if we encrypt a laptop's hard drive, and the owner of the laptop then sends the file to another person, does the file stay encrypted?I'm looking for a solution thats ...

For Mac users the FileVault encryption system can be turned on via System Preferences. Windows users have EFS or Encrypted File System that can be applied to any file or folder.

Most Windows 2000 and XP Professional users are aware of the ability to encrypt data at the file level, using the Encrypting File System (EFS).

If you are searching for a safe encrypted file transfer system to provide a secure and discreet way to conceal personal data you may be interested in EnCloak HIDE created by a development team ...

Seriously, WTF? I rebooted. Logged in, and there's some notification asking me to backup the key because it is encrypting my file system. I didn't ask it to do that, and I wasn't even logged in as ...

Here's how to use DiskCryptor, BitLocker, or TrueCrypt to encrypt sensitive documents or even entire hard drives in Windows.

We always recommended you to create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system. To turn on indexing of encrypted files on Windows 11/10, you have three ways: Via Indexing ...