Your Windows device is likely protected with a passcode — the PIN or password you enter when signing in. For most users, login security prevents unauthorized access ...

One of the more interesting–and less visible–new features in Mountain Lion is the ability to encrypt almost any disk. OS X has long offered the ability to encrypt your startup disk using Apple’s ...

Lost devices and data theft remain a major worry for enterprise IT firms. One way to protect against data loss is full-device encryption, now made easier to implement via self-encrypting hard drives ...

Last April, McAfee and Datamonitor released a report called “Datagate: The Next Inevitable Corporate Disaster?” The report held some disturbing statistics about data breaches: * More than 60% of ...

Microsoft’s full-disk encryption feature is not being widely used, even where it is part of the Windows operating system, according to a new survey released by security vendor Opswat. Microsoft added ...

If you think that encrypting your laptop’s hard drive will keep your data safe from prying eyes, you may want to think again, according to researchers at Princeton University. They’ve discovered a way ...

I recently received a new desktop at work. Your usual mid- to low-high range Dell Optiplex 7020. i7-4xxx CPU, 8GB RAM, 500GB hard drive. Nothing to call home about, but a far cry from the C2D laptop I ...

Companies relying on self-encrypting drives (SEDs) to secure data stored on their employees’ laptops should be aware that this technology is not immune to attack and should carefully consider whether ...

If you think that encrypting your laptop’s hard drive will keep your data safe from prying eyes, you may want to think again, according to researchers at Princeton University. They’ve discovered a way ...

With so much hacking, scamming, theft, and spying in the digital world, encryption is becoming more popular. You see it in messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, in secure connections to websites ...

WinMagic and Fujitsu today announced that their products together provide comprehensive, enterprise-class and manageable security for data-at-rest. WinMagic and Fujitsu today announced that their ...

Researchers at Princeton have found a way to steal the hard drive encryption key used by hard-drive encryptors like Windows Vista BitLocker or Apple's FileVault If you think that encrypting your ...