Our computers hold a lot of data, and quite a bit of it is personal. Family photos, documents or music collections are special because they are ours. Other data is private, like tax records, receipts for purchases, or scans of personal information like a driver’s license or birth certificate. This information helps define, in a legal sense, who we are.

If you use a computer for a business you might have tax records, client information and sales data stored on it, and the privacy issue compounds. You are no longer responsible for just your own identity, you’ve got customer privacy to think about.

Nobody likes to think of this information getting into the wrong hands, and that is the key to thinking about securing your data. You need to ask yourself whether data protection and encryption suits your situation, and the way to do this is ask yourself “do I have information on my computer that I would feel uncomfortable showing to a stranger?” If the answer is yes, then you might be interested in encrypting it.

In Protect, Secure and Encrypt Your Data, Cameron Bishop provides a comprehensive, step by step guide to the fundamentals of data protection. The book offers pragmatic, real world advice on the strengths, weaknesses and potential pitfalls of various data encryption methods, helping you find the right solution for your needs.

From securing a set of files and folders, through protecting whole hard drives and USB disks right up to encrypting entire computers, Protect, Secure and Encrypt Your Data walks you carefully through preparing and protecting your valuable information, using advanced but popular applications like 7-Zip, TrueCrypt and Microsoft's BitLocker. 

In today's increasingly digital society, protecting your data is simply common sense - with Protect, Secure and Encrypt Your Data, you'll find it's easy to take the precautions necessary to keep your personal and private data away from prying eyes. 

Formats: PDF, ePub, Mobi

Pages: 135 (A4 Print equivalent)