Veracrypt
VeraCrypt makes it possible to secure your files. VeraCrypt is the continuation of TrueCrypt, whose development in 2014 was unexpectedly stopped by the developers, because it would not be 100% safe. The warning came as an unpleasant surprise without further explanation. On the basis of TrueCrypt, a group further developed, tested and extensively tested the code and declared it safe. Users of TrueCrypt can immediately get started with VeraCrypt. You can use it to create a virtual encrypted disk (VeraCrypt calls it a container) as a regular file on your hard drive, and “mount” as a real disk. It is possible to encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a part of it, but it can also be external device like a USB stick. In this container you can store data that you do not want to become public if you lose the stick. VeraCrypt also has a mode called Traveller. This allows to launch the VeraCrypt software on the stick automatically when it is connected to the drive of any computer. You can easily mount your password-protected disk and access your secured files.