Advanced Encryption Package 2006 Professional 4.5.4 - User Guide and FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions - Advanced Encryption Package 2006 Professional

1. What is encryption and decryption?
   Encrypting data means getting it transformed into a string of characters undecipherable by others.
   
   What actually happens is that by using a secret-key i.e. the equivalent of a code, the cryptography system transforms your data into gibberish i.e. it realises password protection. If the scrambling of the data is done properly, the original file can only be unscrambled and read by someone who knows the secret key i.e. the code used to encrypt the file (your password). High encryption of file ensures that even if someone gets access to your computers he would not be able to read the data stored there. Encrypted files can safely be sent by electronical mail or placed on a network with the assurance that the data can be read only by those who were meant to have it.
   
   Basic data encryption systems have been used to protect secrets for many centuries. But today's encryption methods (for ex. modern advanced encryption standard) are far more sophisticated and reliable than ever before because the encryption code itself is a very complex computational transformation that is only feasible with desktop machines in the early 1990s
   
   
2. What can I do to be safe?
   Each time you work with sensitive data, or wish to communicate with someone else confidentially, you can use AEP2006 Pro to protect your files. (The Help Menu provides a step-by-step guide of how this is to be done).
   
   Ensure that all you stored information is also encrypted so that it is safe from the eyes of snoopers, competitors or uninvited investigators.
   
   And when getting rid of old files or data, don't just delete them, use the built in Shred function to securely delete file to be absolutely safe.