Whole disk encryption with Free CompuSec
I’ve finally decided it’s time to look into whole disk encryption for my notebooks. This day and age with all the information one has on a mobile PC there really isn’t much of an excuse to not have it encrypted. I’ve recently found a program called Free CompuSec by a German company named CE-Infosys. I would like to say thanks to Steve Gibson of the Security Now podcast for putting me on to this program.
Free CompuSec can do lots of things but my main reason to use it was for the whole disk encryption because I was worried what would happen in the even my notebook was lost or stolen. Below is a short list of the features I think are very useful.
- Pre boot access control (the main reason I use it)
- Encryption for CD / DVD for secure publishing and sharing of CD data using CDCrypt
- Encryption for Diskettes and Removable Media Devices such as ZIP drives, USB thumb drives or Memory sticks
- [ClosedTalk]® for secure VoIP communication
- It’s free for both personal and business use (this not not very common)
Installing Free CompuSec was a breeze and only took a few minutes. What sucks up the time is when you first encrypt the drive. This can take up to two hours (at least on the two notebooks I tested it on) so if you are of the impatient type you might want to set it to encrypt when you are on the way to bed for the night.
All in all my first impression of this software is good. There are others out there like TrueCrypt, which is open source, that would probably accomplish the same thing but I am not overly familiar with how it works so you may want to try both of them and see which one works best for you.
~TheNerd
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