Kleopatra is a free encryption and signing tool that uses OpenPGP standards. The tool also doubles up as a certificate manager that can create and store OpenPGP and X.509 keys.

Learn how to use EFS Encryption to secure files, via Advanced File Attributes or using the cipher command line tool and make them inaccessible to others.

Mac OS X computers have some built-in encryption features. Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to encrypt files and folders.

Encrypting files, folders, and drives on your computer means that no one else can make sense of the data they contain without a particular decryption key —which in most cases is a password known ...

Windows PCs are a bit harder to encrypt. While Microsoft does offer encryption tools like Device encryption and BitLocker in most versions of Windows, they’re only available to enterprise users.

Encryption commands such as gpg can be used to secure your most sensitive files on Linux systems.

With cyber threats evolving constantly, a robust encryption solution can provide that extra security layer you need to protect your data. Since I discovered VeraCrypt, it has emerged as a file ...

To encrypt an archive in 7-zip, once you’re at the Add to Archive dialog box, enter a password and select the Encryption method AES-256. You’ll find these options near the lower-right corner ...

In addition to Windows Vista Ultimate's fancy-pants dual-partition security technology, BitLocker (which I didn't have the hardware to try out, dammit), you can also encrypt individual files right ...

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 ...