Ensuring that your digital data stays safe is paramount, especially considering the ever-growing pool of malware, both of the online and offline varieties. There are many ways of addressing the issue and one of the simplest ones relies on the process of encryption.

This is exactly what The Data Krypter will do for you, it will allow you to protect your files, as well as entire directories, through encryption, having them ready for access at all times. It also targets plain text and enables you to work with different encryption types, as well as perform regular backups.

I was satisfied to see that The Data Krypter features a quite straightforward setup process and that it will guide you in the process of defining your first password, as well as provide detailed explanations for the other parts of the encryption and decryption process.

As for the actual encryption process itself, you will be able to add individual files, or entire directories to the processing queue, but there is no support for bulk processing. The same goes for defining the preferred encryption keys. Short and to the point, while not being overly simplistic.

Having set up your encryption key, you will then be able to encrypt your data using several key types, and even create a new one on the fly. Options for randomizing the source name are also in place, and so are ways to encrypt plain text directly.

Last but not least, you will also be able to address data backups, which I found to be a quite useful addition to the encryption features.

While not the most complex in terms of encryption and decryption options, this software manages to strike a good balance between accessibility and functionality, offering reliable and efficient performance when it comes to allowing you to password-protect your data.