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Data is Secure with TrueCrypt

Feb 02

wingloonLinux, Windows 1 Comment

Protecting your data stored on a personal computer or notebook is always a concern for everyone be it in a hard disk, a removable disk, CD, DVD or a USB memory stick. Losing business or personal data is a too common happened on lost or stolen notebooks and USB memory sticks everyday. This is a serious threat to large enterprise and also individuals that can’t recreate the data that is loss. However, this security risk can be avoided by taking a yet simple precaution of secure your data by encrypting it with TrueCrypt.

TrueCrypt, a free opensource disk encryption software that enables you to encrypt the entire partition or storage device such as hard disk or USB memory stick. TrueCrypt also able to encrypt a partition or drive where Windows is installed. With TrueCrypt, it creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk to be used. TrueCrypt encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent to you without you knowing it is carrying out encryption and decryption.

In fact, what you need to do right now is download TrueCrypt now from www.truecrypt.org and begin securing your data using strong encryption. TrueCrypt is available on multiple platforms from Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, to Linux.