You probably have documents on your desktop operating system that contain sensitive information. So what do you do to protect that data? You could hide the document in an obscure folder -- but that's ...

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It is natural to feel protective of your data if you deal with sensitive information. But the fact is that even individuals who aren’t dealing with data that would be deemed sensitive would still like ...

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 ...

I use encrypted Excel 2007 documents to store some sensitive financial information on my Windows 7 laptop. To give me access to these off site I'm thinking of attaching a copy to an email message. How ...