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

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 ...

Microsoft Windows features the native ability to encrypt files and folders on your hard drives and removable media using its Encrypting File System.

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 ...

Learn how to enable or disable Automatic Encryption of files moved to Encrypted folders using Registry or Group Policy on Windows 11/10.

There are a number of methods to go about encrypting file names, but the simplest way to encrypt files is through the Windows Encrypting File System.

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).

Once run on a system with administrator privileges it starts traversing the whole file system and encrypting files in specific directories, including the user’s home directory, the MySQL server ...