How to Password Protect and Encrypt a File in USB Drive

admin | Feb 03, 2010 | Comments 1

USB Safeguard is a free software to help you protect your private and important data in your USB Drive by securing it with a password using AES 256 bits encryption. You may also like to view how to hide files and folders in USB Drive on my previous post here

What is encryption and how secure it is? It is actually a process where all the data will be changed into a form that can be only recognize by the intended receiver. To decipher or unlock the changed form, the intended receiver must provide a decryption key or a password.

Encrypting with AES 256 bits encryption provide better strengths and significantly higher security as it increase the complexity of the cipher algorithm giving you a worry free solution.

USB Safeguard is a portable software where no installation is required, just copy the program to your USB drive and run it. You will need to enter a password at first run and option to save the password to your computer to prevent from forgetting it.

To encrypt a chosen file with a password just drag the file to USB Safeguard and select encrypt. Once encryption is successful it will give you another option to wipe the left over data to prevent unauthorized data recovery by some knowledgeable computer geek. This even heightens the security of this nice freeware.