Two Neat Programs

So, what can I do to better secure my personnel information? Well, there's plenty of methods to secure one's data. A free program that I personally use is called KeePass 2. What KeePass is is essentially a secure encrypted database where one can store their passwords. And they can access it by using a master key (or password) or with the use of a key file. What's interesting about KeePass is that it also allows you to generate passwords with characters of all sorts and letting you choose how long your passwords can be. The database itself are encrypted with the most secure algorithms thus far, AES. Given that AES is "effective as a U.S. Federal government standard and is approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) for top secret information." I would say it's quite secure. 

Another free program that I have used is called Axcrypt. This software allows you to encrypt individual files by simply right-clicking on the file and selecting encrypt. One can encrypt things from word documents to individual picutres. And it also makes use of the AES algorithm.  

(Source: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=5523)
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