How To Keep Your Data Secure on a Windows, Mac, Linux, or a USB Thumb Drive.

Ever have sensitive information such as a social security number, credit cards, and so on in which it need to be secure on your laptop?  Sensitive documents and other files are always found in a PC where you work or surf the web.  These information can be compromised and hacked into.  But now you can protect your data from hackers by using some help from TrueCrypt. 

Its always good to keep files secure and do not allow others to crawl your precious documents and use them wrongly. But how could you save your data? The answer to this question is, by doing proper encryption on your files/ hard drive. Encryption is a process where you scramble your data to prevent it from reading unless a correct password or ‘key’ is inserted to open it.

TrueCrypt is a free software which is available for Windows (XP/Vista/7/8).  Its simple, encrypt your files and data very quickly and easily by encrypting your drive, file or folders, which has all files you need to protect.  In an unlocked folder you will be able to access your files like in a normal folder but when the folder is closed it becomes inaccessible and it also disappear from search or view.

Here how to install/configure in detail and secure your data properly.