You can encrypt a Microsoft Word document on your Mac or Windows PC in a few easy steps. Encrypting your Word document will require anyone opening it to enter a ...

Many of us use Google Docs for our day-to-day documenting needs. With Google Docs it is easy to share your documents, collaborate, and access it on any machine. The best part is that you don’t have to ...

Crypto Notepad is free software that helps you create password-protected, encrypted notes on Windows 10. Using this freeware, you can protect your sensitive data in text files from being leaked or ...

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not watching you. Or so my dog tells me. If you share my pet's concern for data security, you'll want to start encrypting your stuff. You could always ...

While encrypting and decrypting a volume can be done on the fly, the option for changing its password is a bit hidden. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

Unless you encrypt your files, outsiders can easily gain access to them–even without knowing your Windows password–by booting into their own operating system from a special disc or from a bootable USB ...

In September 2014, Apple introduced a new mobile-operating system called iOS8. iOS8 offers enhanced data-encryption protection to Apple users and the content stored on their mobile devices. Apple's ...

Password-protected ZIP archives are common means of compressing and sharing sets of files—from sensitive documents to malware samples to even malicious files (i.e. phishing "invoices" in emails). But, ...

The encryption of documents and records by businesses and consumers has grown in recent years. This is especially true as more records are stored in the cloud. Encrypted data is accessible only ...

If you want to keep your files safe from prying eyes, encryption is your best bet—especially if you are going to store those files in the cloud, where data breaches and other security issues can ...