How do you protect a PC filled with confidential files and personal secrets? Every Windows edition includes the ability to encrypt the system drive, and business editions can use the full set of ...

We all have files that we'd rather not share with hackers and thieves (and maybe even our spouses). Here's how to put them in a place where no one else can open them.

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 ...

Storage The best way to encrypt data at rest—rather than messages in motion—is en masse, by encrypting compartments of your storage, or simply encrypting your entire hard drive.

In this article I’ll concentrate on describing how to create virtual encrypted disks, which enable you to protect specific sensitive documents without having to encrypt your entire drive.

Here’s a basic introduction to encryption, when you should use it, and how to set it up. What Is Encryption? Encryption is a method of protecting data from people you don’t want to see it.

Regulators and security strategists recommend encrypting data at rest, but few organisations do it, and most get it wrong. Good thing there are bigger problems to tackle first.

End-to-end encryption secures messages before they're sent and decrypts them only after arriving at a recipient's device.

Keeping your personal data safe doesn't have to be difficult—as long as you keep the sensitive stuff encrypted and under your control. That's why this week we're looking at the five best file ...