Encryption is an effective measure to protect sensitive data. This How-to card provides instructions for file and folder encryption on platforms commonly used by LCSB staff.
**IMPORTANT NOTICE:** One important requirement of using Encryption is that you must manage your Encryption Passwords/Keys. Failing to do so will mean **loosing your data indefinitely**. In this [link]({{'/?access:passwords' | relative_url }}) we list tools that can be used for password management. **Please make sure you have arrangements for password management before starting the encryption of data**.
**IMPORTANT NOTICE:** One important requirement of using Encryption is that you must manage your Encryption Passwords/Keys. Failing to do so will mean **losing your data indefinitely**. The [Managing your passwords card]({{'/?access:passwords' | relative_url }}) lists the tools that can be used for password management. **Please make sure you have arrangements for password management before starting the encryption of data**.
## macOS
The built-in mechanism for file-level encryption on a Mac is Encrypted Disk Images (*.dmg* files). In order to create a disk image:
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The Uni-LU HPC Team is planning to install [EncFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncFS) on the HPC clusters. EncFS allows for the creation of an encrypted volume (similar to a folder). EncFS provides transparent encryption, once you mount the encrypted volume, anything that goes into the volume will automatically be encrypted. Also, whenever you try to view or process a file in a mounted EncFS volume, it will be decrypted for you (behind the scenes) automatically.
We will provide instructions for EncFS once it becomes available.
The instructions for EncFS will be provided once it becomes available.
