While some businesses rely on computers more than others, most value the data they store on the machines and may consider at least some of it private or confidential. Even with the best security ...

It's way too easy to lose access to Windows-encrypted files. As long as you can remember a password for the account that did the encrypting, this product will recover those lost files, and its free ...

Microsoft’s Encrypting File System, which is used to encrypt data on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 computers, relies on a public key certificate. If you don’t have a public-key infrastructure, EFS ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Encryption is one of the fundamental elements of system ...

Security researchers today published the details of how a ransomware attack could abuse the Windows Encrypting File System (EFS). Several major security vendors have released patches to protect ...

Inside of Windows is a methodology called Encrypting File System (EFS). It works on individual files or folders, rather than at the whole disk level like BitLocker does. Researchers at SafeBreach have ...

Encrypting files on your computer helps to secure your data from unauthorized access. Microsoft Windows features the native ability to encrypt files and folders on your hard drives and removable media ...

I rebooted. Logged in, and there's some notification asking me to backup the key because it is encrypting my file system. I didn't ask it to do that, and I wasn't even logged in as admin before the ...

If you've just plain forgotten the password, you're screwed. Had you previously backed up your encryption credentials, you could regain access to your files, but few users have the foresight and ...