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.

Welcome to Part 3 in my series on protecting your computer from prying eyes (Part 1, Part 2). In today's segment, we will be going over drive encryption using the TrueCrypt program on Windows OS ...

The world’s six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications (download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives ...

Quantum Computers Could Help Hackers Defeat Encryption. Here’s How to Protect Your Data New tools are available in the fight against the formidable power of quantum computers.

The Pentagon is exploring technologies designed to decrease hardware requirements and improve computer encryption to better secure networks without compromising speed and performance. Virginia ...

NIST started the process of establishing post-quantum encryption standards in 2016, calling on cryptographers to devise encryption methods that could resist an attack from a future quantum computer.

That means a future quantum computer could do many calculations in a single step, not one by one as today’s computers do. So, cracking an encryption key could become child’s play.