Data protection or data security is important for everyone. Here are a few tips about keeping your data secure.

Whether it may be personal or official data files, securing them is important and essential for all of us. Antivirus softwares and firewalls can protect your PC or laptops from getting damaged or from various Internet threats. But not your personal confidential data. Encrypting the data can prove to be helpful in securing your valuable data.

Encrypting means converting the files in a format can be read only by you. Its just like a digital locker whose code is only known to you.

Data Protection Bothering You ? – Encryption Is The Solution.

So how do you do the Encryption?

Here is the solution.

Go to Start —> All Programs —> Accessories —> Windows Explorer.

Then just Right click on the file you want to Encrypt. Click Properties —> General Tab —> Advanced

Check Encrypt contents to secure data box.

Now your file is encrypted.

NOTE : Compressed files or folders cannot be encrypted.

When you again need to make changes in the file or folder, you need to Decrypt it.

Data Protection Bothering You ? – Encryption Is The Solution.

Go to Start —> All Programs —> Accessories —> Windows Explorer.

Then just Right click on the file you want to Encrypt. Click Properties —> General Tab —> Advanced

Select the Clear the Encrypt contents to secure data check box.

But there is one flaw in this too. If someone is able to access your computer, then the file you have encrypted, can be accessed. To avoid this you can set a password to your system or limit your access to others.