Did you ever asked yourself how much is your laptop worth ?  Hardware it's cheap these days so your first answer would be : not much! but the actual value of a lost or stolen laptop is the value of the data you store on it.  The most effective way to protect the value of your data is to encrypt all the sensitive files so that even in worst case scenario (lost or stolen laptop) you can rest assured that nobody will gain access to your data.

One of the easiest to use disk encryption tools I’ve ever used is Cypherix’ Cryptainer SE. The product has been designed to offer enterprise grade strong encryption while preserving ease of use and user privacy.

How does it work ?
Individual users can set up their own password protected encrypted data vaults on hard-drives or USB sticks which guarantees data integrity and confidentiality for both the company and the user.

In case of human error or misuse such as forgotten password or abusive data access, the encrypted data is not lost thanks to the Cryptainer Administrative Module.

The administrative module allows you to create and maintain a log with all user password changes and volume mounts. The log file is encrypted using strong RSA encryption protocol, and requires two keys for access.

It is possible to retrieve a lost password or gain access to a former employee’s encrypted data by simply providing two master passwords stored in safe locations by trusted persons within the organization.

This protects against misuse of logged passwords, and ensures a greater level of security and reliability.

The log file is dynamically updated every time there is a password change to any of the Cryptainer volume files on the network. Thus, the log file is always up to date and the network administrator is freed from the hassles of end of day backups, etc.


Deploying Cryptainer SE raises no overhead in day-to-day activities. Once a vault is mounted, it will be listed in Windows partition drive list and it will be ready for normal file operations such as copy, paste, delete, etc.  The data vault offers on-the-fly disk encryption for all the files stored within and once the vault is closed, all data will be encrypted using secure Blowfish strong encryption scheme operating at a bit strength of 448 bits.

In addition to disk encryption, Cryptainer SE can be used to encrypt email attachments so that you can safeguard your data by extending the data integrity and confidentiality beyond the physical borders of your computer.


Cryptainer SE  Key Features:

• Access Control
• Command Line Processing
• OMB Compliant
• HIPAA Compliant
• Hierarchical Dissemination
• Information Security
• Minimizing Downtime
• Cost Effectiveness
• Familiar Windows Environment
• Ease of Deployment and Installation
• No Monitoring
• Zero Maintenance
• Secure Any Removable Media including USB, CD-ROMs, etc.

To conclude this review, Cryptainer SE is a great security control with no impact on existing infrastructure while offering a very effective mitigation of security risks. If you chose to deploy Cryptainer SE, your laptop will be worth just the price of the hardware which is a good thing because your priceless data is secured .

Licensing and Availability
For more pricing information of upto 25 licenses, you may visit the online store page. The licences are perpetual. In addition, all existing customers  are eligible for free updates of the software for 2 years from the date of purchase, irrespective of the type of update. The company offers free technical support to all  existing customers.