Know More About Encryption and the Security of Your System
What benefit does encryption provide me?
Encryption and cryptographic software have been used in a variety of ways to improve system security. This article only covers a few of the ways that such software can improve the security of your system, such as:
1) Using email encryption
2) Encrypting your data
There are programs mentioned that will help encrypt data. There are many more programs that can help, but these are excellent and a good place to start. They have the added benefit of being both free and open source.
Will encryption prevent others from accessing my data?
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Encryption simply makes it more difficult for people to gain access to critical information, such as passwords or sensitive data in a file. The first thing to understand about encryption is that the algorithm used to encrypt can be simple or complex, which influences how securely what you have encrypted is protected. Encryption systems have been broken when hackers understand the encryption method and it is simple to break.
Why should I bother encrypting my email?
It should be noted that email is far less secure than paper mail for two reasons: first, electronic data can be easily accessed via the Internet, and second, electronic data is extremely easy to copy. Despite your best efforts to prevent it, there is a good chance that someone has snooped through your email.
What steps should I take to encrypt my email?
There are numerous programs available to assist you in encrypting your email. PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) or its Gnu offshoot GPG are two popular ones.
PGP (http://www.pgpi.org/) describes itself as follows: This “is a program that gives your electronic mail something it doesn’t have otherwise: privacy. It accomplishes this by encrypting your email so that only the intended recipient can read it. When the message is encrypted, it appears to be a meaningless jumble of random characters. PGP has proven to be quite capable of withstanding even the most sophisticated forms of analysis aimed at decrypting the text.”
Why should I bother encrypting my files?
The answer comes down to what you keep on your computer. If you have financial data that contains sensitive information such as social security numbers, email addresses, account numbers, and passwords, you risk losing very valuable information. Most corporate Internet security personnel will attest to widespread theft of extremely valuable information. You are vulnerable as long as you are connected to the Internet.
What steps should I take to encrypt my files?
File Encryption Software AxCrypt (http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/) “Free Personal Privacy and Security for Windows 98/ME/NT/2K/XP with AES-128 File Encryption, Compression, and transparent Decrypt and Open in the original application,” according to the website.
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