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.

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

Then browse the hierarchical menu structure, moving from Open Computer Configuration to Administrative Templates to Windows Components to BitLocker Drive Encryption to Operating System Drives.

To anyone who uses your computer and doesn't authenticate in Thunderbird with the passphrase - or anyone looking through your email files on your ISP's server, the message will look something like ...

If you keep any files on your computer that are work related, you may need to encrypt those as well— especially any that contain individual customer information.

Even if you never email sensitive information--social security numbers, banking info, business secrets, and so on--you should consider using encryption. Aside from capturing your email content and ...

List of freeware to encrypt Notepad text files in Windows. Encrypt Notepad file and secure and protect it using Safe Pad, Secret Pad & Encrypted Notepad.

File encryption can improve the security of your files and folders and make them inaccessible to intruders without a decryption key. Here's a quick guide about encrypting any files, folders, and ...

In the face of identity theft, online threats related to viruses and other ransomware, it is important to protect your personal data on your computer.

To paraphrase the old saying, everyone worries about security, but nobody does anything about it. If you're worried about the safety of your e-mail, instant messages, documents, and even voice ...