Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can protect them using encryption.

USB drives, external HDDs, and memory cards—remains the go-to for transferring and backing up data. But these devices are also among the easies ...

VeraCrypt is a disk encryption tool that works on Windows, MacOS, and Linux, and can be used for encrypting backups stored on external drives.

Have a private document on your desktop OS? Here's how to keep it secure on Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

Encrypting folders prevents unauthorized access to its containing files and secures them behind a password. VeraCrypt is a free, open-source tool that can create encrypted folders on Linux in a ...