System Utilities > File Protection

Description: PGP Desktop provides individuals a simple, easy-to-use desktop encryption solution to automatically protect confidential communications and digitally stored information with an integrated solution based on strong, broadly accepted security technology.PGP Desktop incorporates PGP Universal technology to provide automatic encryption, decryption, digital signatures, verification, and recipient key lookup, making it appropriate for both novice and power users. PGP Desktop secures private email, selected files, and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and iChat traffic. Includes a plug-in for Mail.app, Unicode support, S/MIME interoperability, PGP Global Directory integration, significantly improved compression, and cross-platform compatibility with Windows.What's new in this version:In addition to English, this release adds support for German and Japanese user interface. For complete release notes, please visit https://support.pgp.com/?faq=589

Keywords: compression information encryption directory security windows desktop protect 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 35840 kb; Updated: 2008-02-08

Description: Find yourself needing to protect secret files? Need to hide those love letters from your past loved one? Or maybe you need to hide those invoices your little sister keeps fiddling with.Here's your solution!Exces. Simple, pretty, secure. Exces allows you to protect your precious files with the click of a button. Just pick a password, lock, and you're good to go. Exces uses the strong, uncracked AES encryption standard.Further informationExces is a tool that lets the users create password-protected vaults. The ease of use and the attractive interface are Exces' key features. Each vault is protected using the same encryption algorithm Apple uses for FileVault - AES 128. Exces features a password assistant, to help choose strong passwords. Exces now also has a shrink vault feature, which lets you easily shrink a vault to the minimum possible disk space.What's new in this version:NewNew Feature: Auto-lock. Have you ever left your desk for some time and then discovered, to your horror, that you forgot to lock a...

Keywords: encryption password protect secure button create files space 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 3174 kb; Updated: 2008-01-12

Description: When you normally delete your files in Mac OS X, the operating system is only forgetting where those particular files are placed, while the data still physically remains on the drive. Beginning with Mac OS 10.3, Apple enhanced its security by introducing the Secure Empty Trash feature, which follows the U.S. DoD pattern of overwriting data seven times.Permanent Eraser provides an even stronger level of security by implementing the Gutmann Method. This utility overwrites your data thirty-five times, scrambles the original file name, and truncates the file size to nothing before Permanent Eraser finally unlinks it from the system. Once your data has been erased, it can no longer be read through traditional means.Permanent Eraser is free of charge, and the source code is also provided for educational purposes.Implements the Gutmann Method via srm to remove filesErases the files in your TrashErases CD-RWs and DVD-RWsErases files dropped on the application iconProvides a warning dialog before files are erased ...

Keywords: application educational security utility system delete secure remove 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 435 kb; Updated: 2007-12-31

Description: This archive contains a file that will install GnuPG binaries for Mac OS X. GnuPG is the GNU Privacy Guard, an OpenPGP client. It provides access to public key cryptography for use in encrypting and signing emails (or anything!). GnuPG is a command line tool and is licensed under the GNU GPL. After downloading the archive, please verify its validity with MD5 or the detached sig. If not, the file may have been tampered with and may not be secure.Once you have GnuPG installed, visit the Mac GPG Website for GUI tools to avoid having to use the command line.MD5 (GnuPG1.4.8.dmg) = db046fd96e274dfe3c7021047561fb5aWhat's new in this version:Changed the license to GPLv3.Improved detection of keyrings specified multiple times.Changes to better cope with broken keyservers.Minor bug fixes.The new OpenPGP standard is now complete, and has been published as RFC-4880. The GnuPG --openpgp mode (note this is not the default) has been updated to match the new standard. The --rfc2440 option can be used to return to the old...

Keywords: privacy website archive secure access client tools tool 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 10854 kb; Updated: 2007-12-24

Description: As the only integrated solution for encryption and backup, Knox 1.5.1 makes securing your files easier than ever. Create as many encrypted vaults as you want, each with separate passwords. Then schedule automatic backups. You can even reformat USB sticks and external drives as encrypted Knox vaults moving files between Macs has never been so simple and secure. Knox uses the Mac OS X encrypted disk images feature, the technology behind FileVault, to protect your data. This means that your vaults are encrypted by the U.S. Government’s new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit or 128-bit key length. The AES algorithm is secure, but don’t take our word for it: even the NSA has found its strength to be sufficient for protecting classified national security information. The implication? Your data will be safe whether it's a rogue kid or a rogue nation going after it. And because the encrypted disk images are supported as standard in Mac OS X, Knox vaults--including whole disks encrypted with...

Keywords: information encryption security advanced schedule protect backup secure 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 3686 kb; Updated: 2007-11-21

Description: As the only integrated solution for encryption and backup, Knox 1.5.1 makes securing your files easier than ever. Create as many encrypted vaults as you want, each with separate passwords. Then schedule automatic backups. You can even reformat USB sticks and external drives as encrypted Knox vaults moving files between Macs has never been so simple and secure. Knox uses the Mac OS X encrypted disk images feature, the technology behind FileVault, to protect your data. This means that your vaults are encrypted by the U.S. Government’s new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with 256-bit or 128-bit key length. The AES algorithm is secure, but don’t take our word for it: even the NSA has found its strength to be sufficient for protecting classified national security information. The implication? Your data will be safe whether it's a rogue kid or a rogue nation going after it. And because the encrypted disk images are supported as standard in Mac OS X, Knox vaults--including whole disks encrypted with...

Keywords: information encryption security advanced schedule protect backup secure 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5; File size: 3686 kb; Updated: 2007-11-20

Description: Send and receive secure and anonymous email. Backup, store and share files online securely. Chat and exchange secure instant messages, create secure message boards. Share document folders through easy to use interface.Communication and collaborate with your co-workers and friends accross networks and firewalls with very high level of security without a need for expensive VPN, PKI or complicated network administration, setup and maintainance. Formally comply with privacy and security provisions of: HIPAA, GLBA, SEC 17a-4; NASD 30102048 to 4096 bit Asymmetric and 256 bit Symmetric Key Encryption, Automatic Key and Contact Management.Your data and your information stored in our Secure Data Center are illegible to anyone without your private key and passphase.What's new in this version:Implemented encrypted password recovery. Passwords can now optionally be encrypted with user defined key phrases. A combination of key phrases is required to recover a password.

Keywords: information encryption management security password recovery document privacy 

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4; File size: 2253 kb; Updated: 2007-11-10