Here's how to set up a virtual encrypted disk in TrueCrypt to protect specific important files.

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.

Google Drive may not let you encrypt individual Google Docs, but there are still ways to protect your security and privacy. Here's how to keep your Docs from prying eyes.

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 ...

Google Drive may not let you encrypt individual Google Docs, but there are still ways to protect your security and privacy. Here's how to keep your Docs from prying eyes.

Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever ...

Open the document in question and head to File > Protect Document > Encrypt with Password. Pick a password for the file and make sure you remember it—if you forget, that file will be lost forever.

How to Merge Encrypted PDF Files. Small businesses working with sensitive PDF documents may choose to encrypt those documents. An encrypted PDF is password protected, which means you cannot open ...

But file sharing is another matter. You still can't encrypt files using the company's documents-editing-and-sharing service Google Drive. And the same goes for many similar services.

If you want to store particularly sensitive documents in Google Drive, you can easily encrypt a document on your PC, then upload it using Google's Backup and Sync desktop program.