You probably have documents on your desktop operating system that contain sensitive information. So what do you do to protect that data? You could hide the document in an obscure folder -- but that's ...

Everybody knows web security is of primary importance at all times. So would it surprise you to learn that one of every 10 digital files is entirely unprotected? It should surprise you — especially ...

I encrypt my files before uploading them to the cloud. The reason is that cloud services promise security, but they're not impenetrable. After seeing several high-profile breaches, I developed my ...

The whole concept of encryption once intimidated me with all those technical terms flying around. But after diving in and actually trying it myself, I discovered that encryption is surprisingly simple ...

What if every email you sent, every message you typed, and every file you stored online could be intercepted, read, or stolen? It’s not just a hypothetical, it’s a reality for millions of people who ...

An end-to-end strategy must factor in all the ways the data can be input and output, as well as how it’s stored Here’s a sobering prediction: One-third of all adults in the United States will have ...

Security researchers are warning of a new strain of the Locky ransomware — the malware responsible for crippling networks at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Ky., and King’s Daughters’ Health in ...

Microsoft’s Encrypting File System, which is used to encrypt data on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 computers, relies on a public key certificate. If you don’t have a public-key infrastructure, EFS ...