AES-256 remains the gold standard for high-stakes data encryption. While other, more lightweight and less-energy-intensive encryption methods do exist, they operate with multiple trade-offs in ...

Payment data encryption startup Evervault Inc. said today it’s aiming to become the internet’s “clearing house for sensitive data” after raising $25 million in a Series B round of funding.

Evervault has raised $25 million Series B financing led by Ribbit Capital with participation from Index Ventures, Sequoia ...

Curious about the security of your documents in the cloud? You’re not alone. We recently received an email from Dana in Marietta, Ga., who is asking this, "I just read your article on saving documents ...

If you keep a lot of valuable information on your Mac, encrypting it will help you keep the data safe. Apple’s built-in FileVault disk encryption on macOS is an effective way to do this. But what ...

Microsoft's BitLocker now uses AES encryption, but will default to the storage device's hardware encryption unless you make this setting, which will also allow you to easily sanitize drives. Years ago ...