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.

When you are done, don’t forget to unmount the encrypted folder to be protected again. On Windows In contrast to Mac operating system, Windows lacks features to encrypt or password protect files.

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 ...

Encrypting your computer is basic security hygiene. Here's how to encrypt your hard drive on both Mac and Windows computers.

Learn how to encrypt any file in Windows 11/10 with just one click, by adding Encrypt & Decrypt item your right-click context menu.

If you want to password-protect your PDF documents from outside interference, then maybe you should give PDF Page Lock a test run. It is a free encryption software that lets you easily encrypt PDF ...

Do you have encrypted files that don't appear in search results? In this guide, we'll show you how to fix this problem on Windows 10.

Windows 8.1 Pro, the version of Windows that Microsoft pitches on its website, includes built-in drive encryption tools.These tools work even if you don’t have a TPM chip.