How to Open Encrypted Files. Microsoft Windows' built-in encryption utility is designed to protect files from being open, read or modified by other users and computers.

How to Encrypt a File Using OpenSSL. Secure Sockets Layer is a network communication protocol that provides security for data at the transmission level.

Ever download a folder full of files, only to notice all of the documents inside are zipped shut and encrypted—basically the digital version of Fort Knox? These are examples of the ever ...

Have a private document on your desktop OS? Here's how to keep it secure on Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

GnuPG is an open source implementation of OpenPGP standards, and it allows you to sign and encrypt your files. It is basically a command line tool and a little difficult to get along.

If Windows struggles to open JPG files, here are a few things you can do.