So long, TrueCrypt: 5 alternative encryption tools that can lock down your data

Well, you could continue to use older versions of TrueCrypt if you already have it installed. While the security community was shocked earlier this week when the anonymous team behind the open source encryption tool seemingly shut down the project, leaving a neutered version 7.2 build of the tool that's only good for decrypting existing TrueCrypt volumes, a public audit of the TrueCrypt source code for version 7.1 was already underway and that effort will continue, according to the Open Crypto Audit Project. 

The first phase of the TrueCrypt audit found no serious problems with the Windows build of TrueCrypt. If TrueCrypt 7.1 gets a clean bill of health it would continue to be a viable encryption option, though it's not clear if the encryption tool's development can or will continue under new management.

But if the brouhaha has you feeling skittish, or if you want to move on to encryption software that's actively being developed, options abound. As popular as it is (was?), TrueCrypt is far from the only encryption tool around. In fact, many mainstream operating systems already come with an encryption tool built-in.

Here's a look at a few full disk encryption options that can take the sting out of TrueCrypt's sudden disappearance.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2304851/so-long-truecrypt-5-encryption-alternatives-that-can-lock-down-your-data.html#tk.rss_all