Encryption is effective, but applying it to PCs, databases, and networks means adding layers of software and hardware and taking on new costs stemming from product licenses, training, and support.

America Online releases a version of AIM that offers client-to-client encryption. The company also unveils a gateway that lets firms decode encrypted IMs leaving their servers.

Modern encryption programs are tough on hackers trying to crack into your computer system or e-mail messages.

File encryption can also protect against doh! moments such as accidentally sharing more than you meant to with a misconfigured file-sharing program, for example.

Many encryption programs require a huge amount of disk overhead during the encrypting/decrypting process, unless the process is all done in memory. For example, encrypting a 100MB file might ...

That’s because encryption software seems painfully complex to the layman and, anonymity networks suffer from what’s essentially an image issue.

The encryption programs that we are using, BitLocker (Windows) and FileVault (Mac), are both built into their respective operating systems. If you would like to install either on your personal ...

Encryption's reputation as a difficult, often unmanageable technology that can thwart productivity and frequently deliver negative ROI has hindered adoption in all but the most secretive ...

The encryption program is included in Windows 8 and 8.1 Pro editions, which means anyone who switched to Windows 8 during the $40 upgrade deal has BitLocker on their PC.

Companies that have already installed encryption programs often find it a time-consuming process to help users who forget their computer passwords regain access to their machines, Intel executives ...