Private Disk

Private Disk
DeveloperDekart
Stable release
2.14 / June 20, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-06-20)
Operating systemWindows 9x, Windows NT 4.0 through Windows 8
Available in17 languages
TypeDisk encryption software
LicenseShareware
Websitedekart.com/products/encryption/private_disk/

Private Disk is a disk encryption application for the Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Dekart SRL. It works by creating a virtual drive, the contents of which is encrypted on-the-fly; other software can use the drive as if it were a usual one.

One of Private Disk's key selling points is in its ease of use, which is achieved by hiding complexity from the end user (e.g. data wiping is applied transparently when an encrypted image is deleted.) This simplicity does however reduce its flexibility in some respects (e.g. it only allows the use of AES-256 encryption.)

Although Private Disk uses a NIST certified implementation of the AES and SHA-256/384/512 algorithms, this certification is restricted to a single component of Private Disk; the encryption/hash library used and not to Private Disk as a complete system.

Feature highlights

Existing versions

There are multiple versions of Private Disk, which provide a different feature set:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our philosophy". Dekart.
  2. ↑ "Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm Validation List". NIST. Archived from the original on 2007-02-05. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
  3. ↑ "SHS Validation List". NIST. Archived from the original on 2007-02-09. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm Validation Certificate" (PDF). 2002-07-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Secure Hash Standard (SHS). Validation Certificate" (PDF). 2004-10-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-27.