Laptops and external storage drives are tempting targets for thieves, but you can stymie criminals from getting your sensitive business data by encrypting it. That way you'll only need to replace stolen hardware, not customer records or trade secrets. And this peace of mind won't cost you a dime. Get started now.
Laptop computers are indispensable business tools. Many laptops, however, also are ticking time bombs -- and if the data they hold falls into the wrong hands, the consequences could be fatal to your job or even your business.
Data encryption tools solve this dilemma by ensuring that even if a laptop is lost or stolen, its data remains safe and secure. Better yet, one of the best data encryption products money can buy won't cost you a dime.
TrueCrypt is one of the open-source software world's true gems. It is free to use, but that doesn't mean it's cheap; in fact, many users consider it the best software of its type available at any price. How reliable is TrueCrypt? Consider the fact that civil liberties and free-speech groups around the world recommend it as an essential tool for journalists and political dissidents.
This guide will explain how to get up and running with TrueCrypt on any PC. Before we begin, however, take one important caveat to heart: No data-encryption tool is ever 100% secure. Use a product like TrueCrypt as a tool for protecting sensitive data that you must, for whatever reason, keep on a laptop system -- not as a Band-Aid fix for sloppy data-security practices.
Once you install TrueCrypt and create an encrypted container, be sure to read TrueCrypt's documentation dealing with potential methods attackers might use to access your secure data. Attacking TrueCrypt is very difficult, and few attackers have the technical chops required even to attempt an attack. It is always important, however, to review and to know the risks of a successful attack on your encrypted data.
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