Data Encryption

[nathan5603]

How many of you encrypt your data? If you encrypt your data, what program do you use? I was doing some research and I'm interested to see what others are doing. Thanks for submitting your response. Have a good day,

Nathan

[Wiz]

I encrypt my entire harddisk using Utimaco Safeguard Easy. Also used SecurStar DriveCrypt Pluspack some time ago which is basically the same thing (full disk encryption). Both worked fine for me and caused me no problems and the impact is so little i don't notice any difference compared to using the PC without the disk encryption. It really depend what requirements you have, but i usually recommend full disk encryption for several reasons. If you want to secure you data without thinking about where you store the data and not have to worry about the tracks applications might leave on your harddisk (like the temp folder and other places) i believe full disk encryption is the way to go. They both also support single sign-on and stuff like that so you don't need to login twice unless you prefer to do so. Safeguard easy also support the fingerprint reader if you got a pretty new thinkpad like T60, X60 or newer. So using any of these you won't notice any difference except that you got a pre-boot logon screen.

[pipspeak]

I use a little program called Truecrypt, which is free and open source. It creates a "container" file, which is assigned its own drive letter and into which I dump all my sensitive files. You can also choose which encryption algorithm it uses (blowfish etc.)

If I had a lot of sensitive information I'd probably encrpyt an entire partition, and I believe truecrypt offers that option.

[Wiz]

If I had a lot of sensitive information I'd probably encrpyt an entire partition, and I believe truecrypt offers that option.

True Crypt is pretty good and free if you don't need full disk encryption, but True Crypt only support containers and not full disk encryption.

[syedj]

If I had a lot of sensitive information I'd probably encrpyt an entire partition, and I believe truecrypt offers that option.

True Crypt is pretty good and free if you don't need full disk encryption, but True Crypt only support containers and not full disk encryption.

I have been using TrueCrypt for a while as well and found it to be working great and is very easy to use. There are a couple of tutorials on how to go about setting it up.

I have created an encrypted image for my data and a separate image for browser and mail folders. Once decrypted and mounted these images show up as separate drives on my the laptop and every time I log out or reboot the machine they disappear. This way if I lose the laptop or have to lend it to someone my data is safe.

This scheme works great for a work assigned or shared laptop.