FileVault is easy to set up and use. However, if you own a Mac that runs on Apple Silicon or has the Apple T2 Security Chip, it already has the FileVault encryption turned on.

The Problem with Disk Encryption. Here's a dirty little secret: ... and you're set. As you prepare, make sure you have all scenarios of the forgotten pre-boot password or lost token covered.

Finally, run the "SSDLock" application -- which is supplied on a USB -- to set the encryption and specify usernames and passwords. Then you reboot the system. And that's it.

Advantages of full disk encryption. Although full disk encryption (FDE) is not a holistic approach to security, there are some key benefits it can offer. First and foremost, it’s simple to deploy. It ...

FileVault 2 clarifications. FileVault 2 encrypts data at the hard drive level. Programs that run on your Mac see the data as if it has no encryption.

Creating Disk Images in OS X is relatively simple and an easy way to package items either for presentation, portability over electronic media, or encryption to protect data on otherwise ...

re: that whole-disk encryption is only for data "at rest," Understood. But the way I do it is I set my screensaver to lock. and my macbook pro's screen display to lock after 1 minute. I also turned ...

The information security industry, with all its raging debates, has rallied around a small corpus of best practices. One of the highest on this list is full-disk encryption, which security experts ...