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Security: Protecting Your Home Folder using FileVault

There are numerous ways to protect the contents of your Home folder using applications such as PGP or TrueCrypt, but OS X has the ability built-in. FileVault, which can be activated and managed from...

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Secure Remote Access to Your Mac Using SSH – Part 3

Now that we’ve setup the Mac to accept SSH connections securely using key authentication instead of passwords, what can you do with it? This section will describe how to transfer files using a program...

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Security: Create Encrypted DMG Disk Images for Sensitive Data

File security and privacy is important for your sensitive data. The DMG disk image is a versatile tool that allows you to encrypt your data and enable password protection on a virtual disk image. This...

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How-To: Storing Files On a “Secure” USB Flash Drive

If you use USB flash drives to store and transport files there’s always a concern if those files carry personal or confidential information and you lose the flash drive. Well, there’s a simple way to...

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Security Tip: Encrypt with FileVault

Do you need to secure and protect files on your Mac? FileVault is a built-in app that is integrated with the Mountain Lion operating system and allows you to easily encrypt your data. (...)Read the...

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