Laptop Encryption Software – Encrypt your sensitive data
Why is laptop encryption more important than your normal desktop PC? Your laptop is portable and can be lost easily! So if you have some sensitive files on your laptop, just choose one of the encryption software packages in my list below. Laptop encryption will make it possible to encrypt your data with password. Only you, who knows the password can access the files, which are encrypted.
Laptop data encryption is useful in the following cases:
- Prevent users from accessing files when your laptop gets stolen
- Special security policies for sensitive files of large enterprises or governments
- In case you have illegal documents and don't want your government to ever retreive the contents of them (I am not supporting this)
I have compiled a list of available software you can use to encrypt any laptop at my homepage here: Best Encryption Software Top 5
There are some important things you need to know when encrypting data. You should never forget the password! If you do forget it, there is absolutely no way to access the files anymore. If this wouldn't be the case the encryption software would not be secure. So you better remind this never forget your password.
The other thing is a laptop is actually the same as a desktop PC when it comes to encryption. This means you can use existing free and commercial encryption software described at the home page of this website here: Best Encryption Software
What is encryption exactly?
Encryption is a way to encode files with a special key, to access the files you need to decrypt using the encryption key. There are several algorithms which are used to encrypt files: AES, RSA, Serpent, Twofish and many more.
This is probably the most simple explanation I could give as a I'm not a specialist in encryption. For a more detailed explanation take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption
DVD encryption software – Top 3
In this article I will be decribing my personal favorite top 3 DVD encryption software.
1. Master Voyager
Easy to use interface. It uses AES 256 bit encryption method. Master Voyager makes it possible to:
- Password protect any DVD or CD
- No need to worry about where to store your DVDs
- Even if you USB / CD / DVD gets stolen, nobody will be able to see your senstive files
- Never go through the long proces of decrypting DVDs anymore! Just fill in your password and Master Voyager will do the rest.
2. TrueCrypt
Truecrypt came at number 2, because it was not as easy to use as Master Voyager. If you are already quite familiar with Truecrypt. Truecrypt maybe able to fullfill your needs. This is what you need to do when using truecrypt: Create a file hosted volume and burn it unto CD, like you burn a normal file. (Credit goes to Stormfront)
3. Ripguard
Ripgaurd is used for publishers, who want to protect their DVD against piracy. I put this one in the list at last, because not so many people will use this. Ripguard will encrypt DVD's in a special way so they can not be copied.
Official Site Ripguard
If you find any dvd encryption software that should be listed here, please place a comment.