File Encryption Basics and Practices with CrococryptFile

This course is meant for everyone with an interest in data privacy and especially in privacy for data files. This applies for offline and online security of files, e.g., encrypting files appropriately on your local computer, your company laptop, for your cloud storage or for file interchange. Basic IT and crypto knowledge is a plus but not required.

Introduction to Encryption and File-encryption

This lecture gives a short introduction to the terminology and the background of encryption in general. It also provides the important characteristics of encryption on the file-system level.

 CrococryptFile Windows Installation

This lecture contains how to download and install CrococryptFile on Windows and provides a basic overview about the installed components.

 Password-based Encryption, Decryption and WebDecrypt

This lecture demonstrates how to use the password-based encryption capabilities of the CrococryptFile open-source application family.

Token-based Encryption with Windows Keystore and OpenPGP

This lecture demonstrates how to use tokens to encrypt file archives with CrococryptFile.

Forensics on Headerless encrypted Files

This lecture explains the forensics regarding privacy issues of encrypted file archives and demonstrates the usage of headerless files with CrococryptFile.

Linux, Unix and Command-line usage

This lecture demonstrates the *ix user interface (UI) of CrococryptFile and the command-line interface for server and scripting purposes. 

About

Computer Scientist Frank Hissen is the owner of HissenIT, a small business in Germany focusing on IT security software development and consulting. Frank has over 10 years experience in various positions as security expert in IT projects. He mainly worked for large businesses but also medium-sized companies.