Curious about the security of your documents in the cloud? You’re not alone. We recently received an email from Dana in Marietta, Ga., who is asking this, "I just read your article on saving documents ...

In 1996, I registered my first website, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates. After setting up the site, one of the first things I did was to secure connections with a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate.

Securing your business website with HTTPS isn't just a good idea, it's a necessity. Google Chrome now marks HTTP payment and login pages and search pages as insecure if they're not using HTTPS.

Keeping your personal data safe doesn't have to be difficult—as long as you keep the sensitive stuff encrypted and under your control. That's why this week we're looking at the five best file ...

You can encrypt a Microsoft Word document on your Mac or Windows PC in a few easy steps. Encrypting your Word document will require anyone opening it to enter a ...

It’s all too easy to neglect data security, especially for a small business. While bigger organizations have IT departments, service contracts, and enterprise hardware, smaller companies frequently ...

The laptop you’re working on might cost only a few hundred bucks, but if you use it to work with sensitive data–especially personal or business-related information–the data it contains is worth far ...

In today's digital age, keeping your personal notes secure is of utmost importance. With smartphones being the go-to device ...

BitLocker is the most common way to encrypt your Windows PC to protect it against data theft in the event that someone steals your PC, but it isn't the only option. If your PC doesn't have BitLocker ...

If your business uses Microsoft's Access database software to manage sensitive data, you'll want to encrypt your database and its tables to prevent them being viewed or manipulated by unauthorized ...

Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety of topics from space missions to fax service reviews. At PCMag, much of my work focused on security and privacy services, as well as a video game or ...