Laptops, external drives, and USB sticks are especially vulnerable to data theft, but with Windows and a few tools, you can ...

Create a file to encrypt. This can be as something as simple as a text file. Open a text editor, enter some text and save the file as "filename.txt." Open a command terminal by clicking on the ...

Enabling your browser to save encrypted files locally will make secure websites load faster the next time you access them.

Having all your sensitive files in this encrypted container means that whenever your computer becomes infected, it cannot gather the information from what's in TrueCrypt.

But file sharing is another matter. You still can't encrypt files using the company's documents-editing-and-sharing service Google Drive. And the same goes for many similar services.

Kruptos 2 uses rock-solid 256-bit encryption to password protect private files, locking down anything from photos to tax returns to Microsoft Word documents.

Want to keep your important files hidden? Here's how to encrypt your entire hard drive with DiskCryptor.

Then in the file menu, save the application to your desktop (I named my shortcut "Encrypt File on Google Drive").

If you have a device with sensitive files, use this guide to use BitLocker encryption to add an extra layer of security to Windows 10.