Full Disk Encryption for notebooks launches in beta

Security company Check Point Software has begun accepting testers for its ZoneAlarm Full Disk Encryption for Laptops beta program, a program designed to make sensitive data saved on notebooks more difficult to extract if the computer is stolen.

While Full Disk Encryption is turned on, the user must enter an additional password before Windows starts up. Once in Windows, the software encrypts unused files, including even deleted and temporary ones, and decrypts only the files currently in use.

Users of ZoneAlarm Extreme Security beta available in Fileforum will have to uninstall their prior version to be able to participate in this beta, and as usual, users are advised to only install this beta on test systems, because certain common practices (such as creating new partitions) can result in data loss.