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

Encrypting your computer’s storage drive is an easy way to safeguard your data. Here’s how to do it on your Windows or Mac computer.

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.

BitLocker is Windows' built-in encryption feature that helps combat many data breach problems in the digital era. You can apply it to encrypt your hard drive and other storage devices.

Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt ...

Abrham Sorecha asked how to password-protect a folder. You can’t effectively password-protect a folder without encrypting it. And strictly speaking, you can’t ...

Welcome to Part 3 in my series on protecting your computer from prying eyes (Part 1, Part 2). In today's segment, we will be going over drive encryption using the TrueCrypt program on Windows OS.

Using encrypted files and drives is normally something you can do without even thinking about it. In most cases, simply logging into your computer is all that is needed to access the data. However ...

Encrypting your iPhone data is stupid simple. Just enable a passcode, and Apple’s data protection software automatically kicks in. Just don’t forget your password!

How to Encrypt or Decrypt Data in Access Tables. If your business uses Microsoft's Access database software to manage sensitive data, you'll want to encrypt your database and its tables to prevent ...

I've read a number of articles recently about encryption and keeping my personal data safe. I can see the need for protecting financial information, but what other info do I really need to be ...