Most of us have some rather sensitive files on our PCs. Whether it’s our tax returns, financial records, password lists (seriously, just use a password manager already), or just files you don’t want ...

In 1996, I registered my first website, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates. After setting up the site, one of the first things I did was to secure connections with a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate.

In today's digital age, keeping your personal notes secure is of utmost importance. With smartphones being the go-to device ...

Securing your business website with HTTPS isn't just a good idea, it's a necessity. Google Chrome now marks HTTP payment and login pages and search pages as insecure if they're not using HTTPS.

You can encrypt a Microsoft Word document on your Mac or Windows PC in a few easy steps. Encrypting your Word document will require anyone opening it to enter a ...

Richard O’Hara backs up regularly to an external hard drive, but that leaves him worried. “How can I make the data on the external drive secure in case it’s lost or stolen?” Back up and encrypt. Those ...

Windows 11, Windows 10, and even older versions come pre-installed with a security and encryption feature called BitLocker.

Apple has several different encryption tools built into macOS, letting you encrypt your entire Mac or individual files or folders, and in this guide we'll show you how. With encryption, your data gets ...

In this era when technology is riveting almost all domains of our life, data protection, and privacy is quite stringent and goes without saying. One very peculiar method to mitigate such privacy ...

Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety of topics from space missions to fax service reviews. At PCMag, much of my work focused on security and privacy services, as well as a video game or ...