# Best Encryption Software - Page 3

  *By [Brandon Summers-Miller](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/brandon-summers-miller)*

   Encryption software uses cryptography to protect the confidentiality and integrity of data. Companies use encryption software to ensure that only intended parties can access the data and to reduce their liability if the data is inadvertently exposed or hacked. Encryption software protects data by converting normal data into scrambled, unintelligible data that is rendered virtually unusable to others. Companies can apply encryption to communications, databases, and virtually any other kind of file or storage system. Encryption can be applied to data at rest, data in transit, and data in use. The [best encryption software](https://learn.g2.com/best-encryption-software) can be particularly useful for securing regulated data such as personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), and payment card industry (PCI) data.

Using [sensitive data discovery software](https://www.g2.com/categories/sensitive-data-discovery), administrators can identify their most sensitive datasets on which to apply encryption.

To qualify for inclusion in the Encryption category, a product must:

- Secure data and files using ciphertext
- Prepare either data at rest, data in transit, or data in use for encryption
- Allow users to choose and manage files and their encryption settings




  
## How Many Encryption Software Products Does G2 Track?
**Total Products under this Category:** 247

### Category Stats (May 2026)
- **Average Rating**: 4.38/5 (↑0.01 vs Apr 2026)
- **New Reviews This Quarter**: 69
- **Buyer Segments**: Small-Business 48% │ Mid-Market 41% │ Enterprise 11%
- **Top Trending Product**: Privacera Data Security Platform (+0.25)
*Last updated: May 31, 2026*

  
## How Does G2 Rank Encryption Software Products?

**Why You Can Trust G2's Software Rankings:**

- 30 Analysts and Data Experts
- 5,100+ Authentic Reviews
- 247+ Products
- Unbiased Rankings

G2's software rankings are built on verified user reviews, rigorous moderation, and a consistent research methodology maintained by a team of analysts and data experts. Each product is measured using the same transparent criteria, with no paid placement or vendor influence. While reviews reflect real user experiences, which can be subjective, they offer valuable insight into how software performs in the hands of professionals. Together, these inputs power the G2 Score, a standardized way to compare tools within every category.

  
## Which Encryption Software Is Best for Your Use Case?

- **Leader:** [Progress MOVEit](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-moveit/reviews)
- **Highest Performer:** [VGS Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/very-good-security-vgs-platform/reviews)
- **Easiest to Use:** [Virtru Email Encryption](https://www.g2.com/products/virtru-email-encryption/reviews)
- **Top Trending:** [Virtru Secure Share](https://www.g2.com/products/virtru-secure-share/reviews)
- **Best Free Software:** [Progress MOVEit](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-moveit/reviews)

  
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  ## What Are the Top-Rated Encryption Software Products in 2026?
### 1. [Enigma Vault](https://www.g2.com/products/enigma-vault/reviews)
  Enigma Vault is a SaaS based payment card, data (plaintext), and file tokenization solution. You provide the data, we provide the token. For payment cards we have secure entry forms that can be embedded within your app, so you don't have to handle card data. For more information, please visit our website www.enigmavault.io


  **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 6
**How Do G2 Users Rate Enigma Vault?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 9.7/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Enigma Vault?**

- **Seller:** [Enigma Security Solutions](https://www.g2.com/sellers/enigma-security-solutions)
- **Year Founded:** 2020
- **HQ Location:** New York, US
- **Twitter:** @enigmavault (6 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/enigma-vault/ (4 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 67% Small-Business, 33% Mid-Market


#### What Are Enigma Vault's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Affordable (1 reviews)
- Ease of Use (1 reviews)
- Encryption (1 reviews)
- Encryption Security (1 reviews)
- Storage Capacity (1 reviews)


### 2. [Protegrity](https://www.g2.com/products/protegrity/reviews)
  Protegrity helps enterprises make sensitive data safe to use in AI, analytics, and modern data workflows. Our data security platform protects data at the field level, centralizes policy and governance, and enforces controls across on-prem, cloud, SaaS, and AI systems. Protegrity offers editions (AI Developer Edition, AI Team Edition, AI Enterprise Edition) that support each stage of AI maturity, from early experimentation to governed, enterprise-scale deployment, all built on the same data-centric security foundation. Capabilities include discovery, classification, policy orchestration, tokenization, masking, encryption, anonymization, synthetic data, semantic guardrails, and secure text-to-analytics. Protegrity is built to help teams use data with confidence while maintaining control, compliance, and auditability.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 14
**How Do G2 Users Rate Protegrity?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 9.4/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Protegrity?**

- **Seller:** [Protegrity](https://www.g2.com/sellers/protegrity)
- **Year Founded:** 1996
- **HQ Location:** Stamford, US
- **Twitter:** @Protegrity (4,468 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/15741 (371 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 43% Mid-Market, 29% Enterprise


### 3. [ShareSecret](https://www.g2.com/products/sharesecret/reviews)
  Safely share passwords, tokens, credit cards, and anything else in ShareSecret's short-term, auto-expiring encrypted vault.


  **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 6
**How Do G2 Users Rate ShareSecret?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 5.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 8.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 6.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind ShareSecret?**

- **Seller:** [ShareSecret](https://www.g2.com/sellers/sharesecret)
- **Year Founded:** 2016
- **HQ Location:** Los Angeles, US
- **Twitter:** @sharesecretapp (22 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/sharesecret/about/ (2 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 50% Small-Business, 33% Enterprise


### 4. [AxCrypt](https://www.g2.com/products/axcrypt/reviews)
  AxCrypt is a SaaS-based encryption software designed to secure files and protect sensitive data. It provides AES-256 encryption, allowing users to encrypt, decrypt, and securely share files with individuals or groups. AxCrypt is widely used by businesses and individuals to safeguard confidential information, especially in industries like BFSI, healthcare, IT, education, manufacturing, and government sectors.


  **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 5
**How Do G2 Users Rate AxCrypt?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind AxCrypt?**

- **Seller:** [AxCrypt](https://www.g2.com/sellers/axcrypt)
- **Year Founded:** 2004
- **HQ Location:** Bro, SE
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/axantum-software-ab/ (1 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 80% Mid-Market, 20% Enterprise


### 5. [MyDiamo](https://www.g2.com/products/mydiamo/reviews)
  The Leading Security Solution for Open Source Database


  **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 12
**How Do G2 Users Rate MyDiamo?**

- **Data Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind MyDiamo?**

- **Seller:** [Penta Security Inc.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/penta-security-inc)
- **Year Founded:** 1997
- **HQ Location:** Seoul
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/penta-security-inc/about/ (85 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services
  - **Company Size:** 50% Enterprise, 42% Small-Business


### 6. [SecuPi Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/secupi-platform/reviews)
  SecuPi helps enterprises protect and take control of their data, ensuring it is discovered, monitored, governed, and secured in a compliant way. The SecuPi Data Security Platform gives organizations clarity into where sensitive data lives, who is accessing it, and how it is being used. By unifying discovery, monitoring, access control, and enforcement into one consistent approach, SecuPi embeds security directly into business applications, analytics, cloud platforms, and AI workloads, so data remains protected at every stage: in motion, in use, and at rest. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies across financial services, insurance, telecom, retail, and beyond, SecuPi helps security and compliance leaders reduce risk, simplify regulatory demands, and accelerate digital transformation with confidence.


  **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 12
**How Do G2 Users Rate SecuPi Platform?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 5.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 9.6/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind SecuPi Platform?**

- **Seller:** [SecuPi](https://www.g2.com/sellers/secupi)
- **Company Website:** https://www.secupi.com/
- **Year Founded:** 2014
- **HQ Location:** New York, US
- **Twitter:** @Secu_Pi (259 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/secupi (72 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 33% Enterprise, 25% Mid-Market


#### What Are SecuPi Platform's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Security (7 reviews)
- Data Protection (5 reviews)
- Data Security (3 reviews)
- Ease of Use (3 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (3 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Complexity (4 reviews)
- Improvement Needed (3 reviews)
- Integration Issues (3 reviews)
- Complexity Issues (2 reviews)
- Complexity Management (2 reviews)

### 7. [STunnel](https://www.g2.com/products/stunnel/reviews)
  Stunnel is a proxy designed to add TLS encryption functionality to existing clients and servers without any changes in the programs' code.


  **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 5
**How Do G2 Users Rate STunnel?**

- **Data Encryption:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind STunnel?**

- **Seller:** [STunnel](https://www.g2.com/sellers/stunnel)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/mobi-com-polska-sp-z-o-o-/

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 60% Small-Business, 20% Mid-Market


#### What Are STunnel's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Encryption Security (3 reviews)
- Security (3 reviews)
- Accessibility (2 reviews)
- Ease of Use (2 reviews)
- Encryption (2 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Slow Performance (3 reviews)
- Complex Setup (1 reviews)
- Cybersecurity Risks (1 reviews)
- Encryption Issues (1 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (1 reviews)

### 8. [Acra](https://www.g2.com/products/cossack-labs-acra/reviews)
  Acra security suite is the first choice proactive security toolbox for preventing real-world data leakage risks, encrypting and decrypting data between application and database, and complying to encryption-demanding regulations that large and small companies face nowadays. Acra builds data defense in depth layers and serves to transform companies’ infrastructure into Zero Trust infrastructure for data security. It prevents data breaches by encryption, firewalling, IDS, gives searchable data encryption without changing app code, and works with modern cloud. Acra is best suited for corporate infrastructures and applications working for large enterprises, startups, and tech-savvy SMEs from healthcare, traditional and embedded financing, as well as unbundled banking, modern fintech, critical infrastructures, and other industries. Acra is a flagship data security software product created by Cossack Labs, a British company, headquartered in London, with R&D in Kyiv, Ukraine.


  **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 14
**How Do G2 Users Rate Acra?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 7.5/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Acra?**

- **Seller:** [Cossack Labs](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cossack-labs)
- **Year Founded:** 2014
- **HQ Location:** London, England
- **Twitter:** @cossacklabs (2,518 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/10959787 (41 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 43% Mid-Market, 36% Small-Business


### 9. [Decentriq](https://www.g2.com/products/decentriq-decentriq/reviews)
  Decentriq is a data collaboration platform where secure, technology-enforced data clean rooms unlock the value of sensitive data while ensuring full compliance and privacy.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 11
**How Do G2 Users Rate Decentriq?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Decentriq?**

- **Seller:** [Decentriq](https://www.g2.com/sellers/decentriq)
- **Year Founded:** 2019
- **HQ Location:** Zürich, CH
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/decentriq/ (28 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 55% Enterprise, 27% Mid-Market


#### What Are Decentriq's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Customer Support (6 reviews)
- Ease of Use (5 reviews)
- User Interface (4 reviews)
- Advertising Strategy (2 reviews)
- Easy Setup (2 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Complexity Issues (1 reviews)
- Data Inaccuracy (1 reviews)
- Data Integration (1 reviews)
- Difficult Navigation (1 reviews)
- Key Recovery (1 reviews)

### 10. [IBM Guardium Data Encryption](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-guardium-data-encryption/reviews)
  IBM Guardium Data Encryption consists of an integrated suite of products built on a common infrastructure. These highly-scalable solutions provide encryption, tokenization, data masking and key management capabilities to help protect and control access to databases, files and containers across the hybrid multicloud—securing assets residing in cloud, virtual, big data and on-premise environments. Securely encrypting file and database data with such functionalities as tokenization, data masking and key rotation can help organizations address compliance with government and industry regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, PCI DSS and HIPAA.


  **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 4
**How Do G2 Users Rate IBM Guardium Data Encryption?**

- **Data Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind IBM Guardium Data Encryption?**

- **Seller:** [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm)
- **Year Founded:** 1911
- **HQ Location:** Armonk, New York, United States
- **Twitter:** @IBMSecurity (74,760 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1009/ (324,553 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** SWX:IBM

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market, 25% Enterprise


### 11. [MongooseIM](https://www.g2.com/products/mongooseim/reviews)
  MongooseIM is a scalable, reliable and fault-tolerant messaging platform used to build high-volume instant messaging solutions.


  **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 4

**Who Is the Company Behind MongooseIM?**

- **Seller:** [Erlang Solutions](https://www.g2.com/sellers/erlang-solutions-1c7d5f33-c6dd-44ad-97ac-04bb9d1fcc83)
- **Year Founded:** 1999
- **HQ Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Twitter:** @ErlangSolutions (11,137 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/erlangsolutions (115 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Enterprise, 25% Mid-Market


#### What Are MongooseIM's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Easy Integrations (3 reviews)
- Ease of Use (2 reviews)
- Features (2 reviews)
- Implementation Ease (2 reviews)
- Integrations (2 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Learning Curve (2 reviews)
- Difficult Navigation (1 reviews)
- Performance Issues (1 reviews)
- Zoom Issues (1 reviews)

### 12. [NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software](https://www.g2.com/products/netapp-ontap-data-management-software/reviews)
  Simplify your data infrastructure—from the edge to the core to the cloud—with the industry's leading enterprise data management software.


  **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 79
**How Do G2 Users Rate NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 9.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software?**

- **Seller:** [NetApp](https://www.g2.com/sellers/netapp)
- **Year Founded:** 1992
- **HQ Location:** Sunnyvale, California
- **Twitter:** @NetApp (118,186 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/2105/ (12,677 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NASDAQ

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Top Industries:** Information Technology and Services, Banking
  - **Company Size:** 46% Enterprise, 39% Mid-Market


#### What Are NetApp ONTAP Data Management Software's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Data Security (7 reviews)
- Reliability (7 reviews)
- Data Management (5 reviews)
- Cloud Services (4 reviews)
- Protection (3 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Expensive (8 reviews)
- Complexity (4 reviews)
- Complexity Issues (3 reviews)
- Complex Setup (3 reviews)
- Integration Issues (3 reviews)

### 13. [Productivise](https://www.g2.com/products/productivise/reviews)
  What is Productivise? Productivise is an A.I based secure closed user group messaging platform. With a bigger staff, distributor, & field reps network, sustained communication, engagement & work co-ordination at scale can be a challenge. Productivise is for businesses of any size and scale to quickly build and deploy a private collaboration app for their internal and external network to - improve business communication within one's network - quicker time to market on product-related campaigns  - reduce information gap & cost of support from back-office - increased brand loyalty & footprint   - improve visibility of the entire network at the central hub  - 24x7 support aided by real-time analytics for campaign & out-reach strategy  Features: Productivise gives organizations full autonomy and control they need to manage their network while meeting the highest IT & security requirements. - Complete control over end-user device: restricted circulation of messages & documents, prevents taking screenshots, copying, or forwarding, and storage outside of the app - On-premises hosting to store data on your private cloud/server - Web-Chat for desk-based support staff with voice/video calling - Option to embed chat into your existing app - Extended engagement, sales, productivity & custom workflows, and reporting-related features - Build & release in 10 days Learn more at www.productivise.io


  **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 4
**How Do G2 Users Rate Productivise?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Productivise?**

- **Seller:** [TechelX](https://www.g2.com/sellers/techelx)
- **Year Founded:** 2019
- **HQ Location:** Noida, IN
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/productivise2/ (1 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 60% Small-Business, 20% Enterprise


#### What Are Productivise's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Communication (1 reviews)
- Ease of Use (1 reviews)
- Team Collaboration (1 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Group Management (1 reviews)

### 14. [Sookasa for Google Drive](https://www.g2.com/products/sookasa-for-google-drive/reviews)
  Sookasa for Google Drive is a cloud security solution designed to seamlessly integrate with Google Drive, providing end-to-end encryption and administrative control over sensitive data. It enables businesses to utilize Google Drive's collaborative features while ensuring compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, FERPA, PCI DSS, FINRA, and GLBA. Key Features and Functionality: - Sensitive Data Detection: Quickly identifies personally identifiable information and protected health information within Google Drive. - File-Level Encryption: Applies bank-grade AES 256-bit encryption to files, ensuring data remains secure both in the cloud and on synced devices. - Access Control: Allows administrators to instantly revoke access to devices and users, providing real-time control over data security. - Audit Trails: Maintains comprehensive logs of file access across all users and devices, facilitating compliance and monitoring. - Policy Enforcement: Enables the implementation of data classification and protection policies to safeguard sensitive information. - Shared Folder Management: Provides insights and control over access to shared folders, enhancing collaborative security. Primary Value and User Solutions: Sookasa for Google Drive addresses the critical need for secure cloud storage by offering transparent encryption and compliance solutions. It allows organizations to leverage Google Drive's productivity tools without compromising on security or regulatory requirements. By protecting data both in the cloud and on devices, Sookasa mitigates risks associated with data breaches and unauthorized access, ensuring that sensitive information remains confidential and compliant with industry standards.


  **Average Rating:** 3.6/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 4
**How Do G2 Users Rate Sookasa for Google Drive?**

- **Data Encryption:** 6.1/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Sookasa for Google Drive?**

- **Seller:** [Sookasa](https://www.g2.com/sellers/sookasa)
- **Year Founded:** 2011
- **HQ Location:** N/A
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/sookasa/ (2 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 50% Mid-Market, 50% Small-Business


### 15. [The Linux Unified Key Setup](https://www.g2.com/products/the-linux-unified-key-setup/reviews)
  Linux Unified Key Setup is a disk encryption specification for Linux.


  **Average Rating:** 4.9/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 4
**How Do G2 Users Rate The Linux Unified Key Setup?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 7.5/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind The Linux Unified Key Setup?**

- **Seller:** [The Linux Unified Key Setup](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-linux-unified-key-setup)
- **Year Founded:** 2014
- **HQ Location:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/gitlab-com (3,120 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 75% Enterprise, 25% Small-Business


#### What Are The Linux Unified Key Setup's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Encryption Security (2 reviews)
- Security (2 reviews)
- Cybersecurity (1 reviews)
- Data Security (1 reviews)
- Encryption (1 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Learning Curve (2 reviews)
- Learning Difficulty (2 reviews)
- Slow Performance (2 reviews)
- Limited OS Compatibility (1 reviews)

### 16. [Ubiq Encryption Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/ubiq-encryption-platform/reviews)
  Ubiq enables enterprises to encrypt, tokenize, and mask sensitive data at the individual record and file level and integrates with Identity Providers (Okta, Entra ID) to ensure only authorized users with appropriate permissions can access or manipulate sensitive data. This approach enables user-level context and enforces fine-grained, Zero Trust access controls. Delivered as a low-code/no-code solution, Ubiq integrates seamlessly into applications, databases, data warehouses, and API gateways without requiring agents, hardware, virtual machines, or proxies. Deployment is measured in hours, not days or weeks.


  **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 4
**How Do G2 Users Rate Ubiq Encryption Platform?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Ubiq Encryption Platform?**

- **Seller:** [Ubiq Security](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ubiq-security)
- **Year Founded:** 2013
- **HQ Location:** San Diego, US
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/ubiqsecurity/ (22 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 75% Small-Business, 25% Enterprise


#### What Are Ubiq Encryption Platform's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (2 reviews)
- Efficiency (2 reviews)
- Automation (1 reviews)
- Customer Support (1 reviews)
- Data Protection (1 reviews)


### 17. [boolebox secure file manager](https://www.g2.com/products/boolebox-secure-file-manager/reviews)
  Boolebox Secure File Manager is a corporate file management and sharing software that provides a secure environment for uploading, organizing, editing, and sharing files and folders. Utilizing military-grade encryption, it ensures that sensitive corporate data remains protected against unauthorized access. The platform facilitates seamless collaboration among users by integrating with Microsoft 365 and offering features such as classifications, tasks, and comments. Key Features and Functionality: 1. File Protection and Organization: Files uploaded to Secure File Manager are automatically encrypted and organized into logical groups, including "My Files," "Received Files," "Shared Files," "Personal Key," "Favorites," "Recent," and "Trash." 2. Collaboration Tools: The platform allows secure file sharing with clients, online editing with Microsoft 365, and the exchange of comments, tasks, and notes among users. It also supports the creation of data rooms for specific projects. 3. File Classification: Users can view and manage classified projects, adding files and folders to existing projects and applying appropriate classifications. 4. Activity Log: An activity log monitors actions performed on files or folders, detailing who accessed them, at what time, and from which location, all in real-time. This feature enhances security and accountability. Primary Value and User Solutions: Boolebox Secure File Manager addresses the critical need for secure corporate data management and collaboration. By providing a protected environment with advanced encryption and comprehensive collaboration tools, it enables businesses to safeguard sensitive information while facilitating efficient teamwork. The platform's features, such as file classification and activity logs, ensure that data access is controlled and monitored, reducing the risk of unauthorized disclosure. This solution is particularly beneficial for organizations handling confidential documents, such as during mergers and acquisitions, board meetings, or client onboarding processes, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations like the GDPR.


  **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 3
**How Do G2 Users Rate boolebox secure file manager?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind boolebox secure file manager?**

- **Seller:** [Boole Server](https://www.g2.com/sellers/boole-server)
- **Year Founded:** 2011
- **HQ Location:** Milan, IT
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/boolebox-inc- (20 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 67% Enterprise, 33% Small-Business


### 18. [DropSecure](https://www.g2.com/products/dropsecure/reviews)
  At DropSecure, it is our mission to empower you with technology that protects your digital valuables in a hassle-free manner. DropSecure protects your privacy and safeguards your data using military-grade algorithms before they leave your device. With end-to-end encryption, encrypted uploads, decrypted downloads, two-factor authentication, cryptographic keys, and zero knowledge transfers, we offer the ultimate technology to keep your data safe from the data centers. So whether you are an individual, business or an enterprise, you are always aware of who has access to your sensitive documents. Most importantly, no one owns the keys to your documents apart from you, not even us.


  **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 3
**How Do G2 Users Rate DropSecure?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind DropSecure?**

- **Seller:** [DropSecure](https://www.g2.com/sellers/dropsecure)
- **Year Founded:** 2016
- **HQ Location:** San Jose, US
- **Twitter:** @drop_secure (15 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/dropsecure (8 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


### 19. [GravityZone Full Disk Encryption](https://www.g2.com/products/gravityzone-full-disk-encryption/reviews)
  Bitdefender's GravityZone Full Disk Encryption (FDE is a comprehensive solution designed to safeguard sensitive business data by encrypting entire hard drives on desktops, laptops, and fixed disks. By leveraging native encryption tools like Windows BitLocker and macOS FileVault, FDE ensures optimal compatibility and performance without the need for additional agents or key management servers. This centralized approach not only protects against unauthorized data access resulting from device loss or theft but also aids organizations in meeting regulatory compliance standards such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS. Key Features and Functionality: - Native Encryption Integration: Utilizes existing encryption mechanisms—BitLocker for Windows and FileVault for macOS—to provide seamless and efficient data protection. - Centralized Management: Offers a unified console through the GravityZone Control Center, enabling administrators to manage encryption policies, monitor compliance, and handle key recovery across all endpoints. - Pre-Boot Authentication: Enforces authentication before the operating system loads, ensuring that only authorized users can access the device's data, thereby creating a secure, tamper-proof environment. - Compliance Reporting: Generates detailed reports on encryption status, assisting organizations in demonstrating adherence to various regulatory requirements. Primary Value and Problem Solved: GravityZone Full Disk Encryption addresses the critical need for data security in today's digital landscape. By encrypting entire hard drives, it prevents unauthorized access to sensitive information, even in cases of device loss or theft. This not only protects the organization's intellectual property and customer data but also ensures compliance with stringent regulatory standards. The centralized management system simplifies the deployment and monitoring of encryption policies, reducing administrative overhead and enhancing overall security posture.


  **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 3
**How Do G2 Users Rate GravityZone Full Disk Encryption?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind GravityZone Full Disk Encryption?**

- **Seller:** [Bitdefender](https://www.g2.com/sellers/bitdefender)
- **Year Founded:** 2001
- **HQ Location:** Bucuresti, Romania
- **Twitter:** @Bitdefender (114,095 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/6825/ (2,317 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 67% Small-Business, 33% Enterprise


### 20. [IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-guardium-key-lifecycle-manager/reviews)
  IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager centralizes, simplifies and automates the encryption key management process to help minimize risk and reduce operational costs of encryption key management. It offers secure, robust key storage, key serving and key lifecycle management for IBM and non-IBM storage solutions using the OASIS Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP). IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager helps customers meet regulations such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Sarbanes-Oxley and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by providing centralized management of encryption keys.


  **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 6
**How Do G2 Users Rate IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager?**

- **Policy Enforcement:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager?**

- **Seller:** [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm)
- **Year Founded:** 1911
- **HQ Location:** Armonk, New York, United States
- **Twitter:** @IBMSecurity (74,760 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/1009/ (324,553 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** SWX:IBM

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 50% Mid-Market, 33% Small-Business


### 21. [ionCube PHP Encoder](https://www.g2.com/products/ioncube-php-encoder/reviews)
  ionCube PHP Encoder is a tool to secure and license PHP scripts.


  **Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 3
**How Do G2 Users Rate ionCube PHP Encoder?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind ionCube PHP Encoder?**

- **Seller:** [ionCube](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ioncube)
- **Year Founded:** 2002
- **HQ Location:** Hersden Canterbury, GB
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/ioncube-ltd/ (5 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


### 22. [Passpack](https://www.g2.com/products/passpack/reviews)
  Passpack is the Team Password & Credentials Manager for every business: A mission-critical solution built for secure Team & Role access management and productive collaboration, yet easy and versatile for everyone to use. Passpack delivers a compelling value proposition for businesses as a platform-agnostic solution offering highly secure, organization-wide online password & credentials management. Enhance company defenses against cyberattacks with end-to-end encryption and organize your library of digital credentials, PINs, registration codes, account numbers, and certificates in a central repository that can be updated in real time and shared among trusted individuals.


  **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 35
**How Do G2 Users Rate Passpack?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 7.8/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind Passpack?**

- **Seller:** [Passpack](https://www.g2.com/sellers/passpack)
- **Company Website:** https://www.passpack.com
- **Year Founded:** 2013
- **HQ Location:** Sandy, UT, USA
- **Twitter:** @passpack (902 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/745968/ (6 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Top Industries:** Computer Software, Marketing and Advertising
  - **Company Size:** 54% Small-Business, 43% Mid-Market


#### What Are Passpack's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Ease of Use (2 reviews)
- Password Security (2 reviews)
- Centralized Management (1 reviews)
- Customer Support (1 reviews)
- Cybersecurity (1 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Manual Intervention Required (1 reviews)
- Poor Interface Design (1 reviews)
- Poor UI (1 reviews)
- Process Complexity (1 reviews)
- UI Issues (1 reviews)

### 23. [PKWARE SecureZIP](https://www.g2.com/products/pkware-securezip/reviews)
  SecureZIP™ by PKWARE is an enterprise-grade solution that seamlessly integrates robust encryption with advanced data compression, ensuring sensitive information remains protected across various platforms and environments. By encrypting data at the file level, SecureZIP guarantees that information stays secure, whether at rest, in transit, or in use, effectively mitigating risks associated with data breaches and unauthorized access. Key Features and Functionality: - Persistent File-Level Encryption: Applies strong encryption directly to files, ensuring data remains protected regardless of its location or state. - Flexible Encryption Methods: Supports both password-based and certificate-based encryption, including X.509 and OpenPGP standards, catering to diverse security requirements. - Advanced Data Compression: Utilizes PKWARE’s industry-leading compression technology to reduce file sizes by up to 95%, optimizing storage and transmission efficiency. - Cross-Platform Compatibility: Ensures encrypted files can be accessed and decrypted by authorized users across various operating systems, enhancing interoperability. - Consistent Policy Enforcement: Enables organization-wide control over data security policies, ensuring uniform protection measures are applied throughout the enterprise. Primary Value and Problem Solved: SecureZIP addresses the critical need for persistent, data-level security in an era where traditional network and device protections are insufficient. By combining robust encryption with efficient compression, it not only safeguards sensitive information but also reduces storage and transmission costs. This dual functionality ensures organizations can protect their data comprehensively while maintaining operational efficiency, thereby meeting compliance requirements and mitigating the risks associated with data breaches.


  **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 3
**How Do G2 Users Rate PKWARE SecureZIP?**

- **Document Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind PKWARE SecureZIP?**

- **Seller:** [PKWARE](https://www.g2.com/sellers/pkware)
- **Year Founded:** 1986
- **HQ Location:** Milwaukee, WI
- **Twitter:** @PKWARE (1,123 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/23724 (158 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 67% Small-Business, 33% Enterprise


### 24. [SecureAge Security Suite](https://www.g2.com/products/secureage-security-suite/reviews)
  Through time-tested technology and design, the SecureAge Security Suite achieves Data protection with a careful balance of 100% Data security, application integrity, and real-world usability.


  **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 5
**How Do G2 Users Rate SecureAge Security Suite?**

- **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Data Encryption:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind SecureAge Security Suite?**

- **Seller:** [SecureAge Technology](https://www.g2.com/sellers/secureage-technology)
- **Year Founded:** 2003
- **HQ Location:** Singapore, SG
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/317886 (36 employees on LinkedIn®)

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business


### 25. [SecuSUITE](https://www.g2.com/products/secusuite/reviews)
  SecuSUITE for Government is a multi-platform solution for end-to-end encryption of voice calls and text messages. Available on iOS and Android™, it connects calls quickly, keeps them secure and ensures excellent voice quality. It works globally, across network barriers and across all mobile networks. Deployed securely on premise (or hosted in a certified third-party data centre or a data centre trusted by the client), it can be managed centrally and end users can be enabled over the air.


  **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0
  **Total Reviews:** 3
**How Do G2 Users Rate SecuSUITE?**

- **Data Encryption:** 6.7/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10)
- **Document Encryption:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.9/10)
- **Policy Enforcement:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.8/10)

**Who Is the Company Behind SecuSUITE?**

- **Seller:** [BlackBerry](https://www.g2.com/sellers/blackberry)
- **Year Founded:** 1984
- **HQ Location:** Waterloo, Ontario
- **Twitter:** @BlackBerry (2,771,465 Twitter followers)
- **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/2828/ (2,019 employees on LinkedIn®)
- **Ownership:** NYSE:BB

**Who Uses This Product?**
  - **Company Size:** 67% Mid-Market, 33% Enterprise


#### What Are SecuSUITE's Pros and Cons?

**Pros:**

- Security (1 reviews)

**Cons:**

- Expensive (1 reviews)
- Subscription Costs (1 reviews)


    ## What Is Encryption Software?
  [Confidentiality Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/confidentiality)
  ## What Software Categories Are Similar to Encryption Software?
    - [Data Masking Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-masking)
    - [Cloud Data Security Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-data-security)
    - [Data De-Identification Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-de-identification)

  
---

## How Do You Choose the Right Encryption Software?

### What You Should Know About Encryption Software

### What is Encryption Software?

Companies use encryption software to protect the confidentiality of their data, ensure that only intended parties can access the data, and reduce their liability if the data is inadvertently exposed or hacked. 

At a basic level, encryption software protects data by converting normal data into scrambled, unintelligible data that is rendered unusable to others. Most commonly, companies use encryption software to protect sensitive data such as their customers’ personally identifiable information (PII), proprietary company data such as trade secrets, and communications such as company emails or business instant messaging. Encryption can be applied to files, folders, disks, other storage products including cloud storage, and for secure communications such as transferring data over networks. 

Encryption has historically been used for protecting military communications, however, with the rise of the internet and online storage, many companies use encryption to protect corporate assets, as well. Particularly with the increasing cyber threats and requirements from data protection and data privacy regulations, more and more companies are using encryption software to protect their data and reduce risks and liability in the event the data is lost or stolen. In fact, many data privacy regulations specifically cite properly encrypted data as sufficiently protected and therefore either out of scope of the regulation or subject to less intensive regulatory scrutiny. 

Encryption software works by using modern cryptography methods to convert data from legible plaintext to unintelligible ciphertext using a pair of cryptographic keys. The original data is converted from plaintext to ciphertext using an encoding key known as a cipher, while the permissioned recipient of the data would use the corresponding decoding key to decrypt the data in order to return it to usable plaintext. Without the appropriate decryption key, the data is virtually unusable by interceptors or other non permissioned parties. 

Cryptographic keys to both encode and decode encrypted data come as either symmetric or asymmetric keys. With symmetric keys, the key used to encode the data is the same key needed to decode it. This requires the key itself to be closely guarded.  With asymmetric keys, however, the two keys are different—one key is a public key and the other key is a private key. A public key can be openly distributed to other parties, while the private key should be closely protected by its owner. A message can be encrypted using a recipient’s public key of the key pair, while only the recipient’s private key has the ability to decrypt it. Companies can protect and manage their encryption keys by utilizing [encryption key management software](https://www.g2.com/categories/encryption-key-management) solutions.

#### What Types of Encryption Software Exist?

Encryption software can be used to protect data at rest, such as data stored in files and folders, data in transit, such as data being transferred over networks or mobile devices, and more recently data in use, particularly when processing data stored in cloud storage.

**Encryption for data at rest**

Data at rest is data that is in storage and is not actively being used. This data can be stored on physical storage devices, in databases, data warehouses, on mobile devices, laptops, other endpoints, and in cloud storage. Data encryption software is used to protect this data from being accessed, modified, or stolen while at rest. Common types of encryption solutions for these include file encryption, folder encryption, database encryption, full-disk encryption, hard drive encryption, USB encryption, application encryption, and other storage encryption.

**Encryption for data in transit**

Data in transit is data that is traveling over networks like the internet, internal corporate networks like corporate local area networks (LAN), and mobile networks. Data in transit is sometimes referred to as data in motion, as well. Encryption is used for data in transit to prevent plaintext data from being intercepted by unauthorized persons like hackers. If the data is encrypted and intercepted while in transit, the data has little or no value to the party that intercepted it. Common types of encryption solutions for data in transit include network encryption, mobile data encryption, and website encryption.

**Encryption for data in use**

Risks to data in use are becoming more prevalent as more companies employ cloud computing resources to analyze data. Previously, unencrypted data was most at risk of interception or unauthorized disclosure during states of transit or at rest, but with greater use of processing in cloud computing, data can become susceptible to inappropriate disclosure or leaks during processing, as well. To address this risk, companies are beginning to utilize a technique known as homomorphic encryption. 

Homomorphic encryption allows the processing of data while it remains encrypted; homomorphic encryption does not require the dataset to be decrypted prior to processing. Companies can store encrypted data in the cloud, run operations on that encrypted data without decrypting it, and the results of that computation will remain in an encrypted format, requiring the same encryption key to decrypt the computational results as would be needed to decrypt the initial data set.  

### What are the Common Features of Encryption Software?

The following are some core features within encryption software that can help users:

**Encryption layer** : Encryption software may be tailored to the medium needing to be encrypted. Specific encryption software can include solutions for full-disk encryption, file encryption, database encryption, data encryption, application encryption, endpoint encryption, network encryption, email encryption, and other communication encryption.  

**Encryption key management** : Some encryption software solutions include encryption key management functions within their offerings. Encryption key management software handles the administration, distribution, and secure storage of encryption keys. 

**Encryption algorithms** : There are many encryption algorithms available with different strengths and speeds. One of the most common encryption algorithms is the Advanced Encryption Standards (AES), which is used by the US military, known as military-grade encryption. The most common AES encryption types are AES-128 encryption or AES-256 bit encryption, known as military-grade encryption. Other common encryption algorithms include Rivest–Shamir–Adleman or RSA algorithm, Triple Data Encryption Standard (TripleDES), Blowfish encryption algorithm, Twofish encryption algorithm, the international data encryption algorithm (IDEA), and more. 

### What are the Benefits of Encryption Software?

Encryption software helps companies meet regulatory compliance and operationalize their data security models. In particular, encryption technology can help companies achieve parts of the CIA triad, which stands for confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data, a commonly used security model. 

**Confidentiality** : One of the primary use cases for using encryption software is to protect the confidentiality of data, particularly sensitive data like PII. In the event that data is intercepted by an unsanctioned party, encrypted data is rendered virtually useless. 

**Integrity** : In addition to protecting the confidentiality of data, it is important for companies to trust that the data has not been tampered with, particularly when data is in transit. Encryption helps ensure that data has not been deleted or modified by unauthorized parties as it moves.

**Reduced legal risk or compliance:** Many data privacy and data protection regulations specifically cite encrypted data as sufficiently secured and subject to no or less stringent regulatory measures. Encryption can be particularly useful for working with datasets such as PII, protected health information (PHI), and payment card industry (PCI) data.

### Who Uses Encryption Software?

**Information security (InfoSec) professionals**: Individuals working to secure websites, [application security](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-security), and [network security](https://www.g2.com/categories/network-security) often choose encryption solutions to increase the effectiveness of security professionals. Encryption tools can add an additional level of security to virtually any IT infrastructure solution. The tools make it harder for hackers to penetrate networks or gain access to sensitive data. Encrypted files and encrypted data are also more difficult and less useful to hackers since they can’t actually view data without deciphering it first.

**Data professionals:** Encryption software allows database managers to create access standards and perform security tests to audit existing security. Many databases can store encrypted data in [backup software](https://www.g2.com/categories/backup) in the case of a disaster for easy, secure recovery. [Mobile data security software](https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-data-security) provides similar features but adds increased security for mobile devices, communications, and authentication. 

#### Software Related to Encryption Software

Related solutions that can be used together with encrypting software include:

[Email encryption software](https://www.g2.com/categories/email-encryption) **:** Email encryption technology is used to transform and secure information traveling through an email server. These tools ensure data in transit remains secure until the authorized party is identified to prevent emails from ending up in the wrong hands. Email encryption can be useful in any industry but is a requirement for others. Medical records and government data are both examples of information that must be encrypted before being shared.

[Encryption key management software](https://www.g2.com/categories/encryption-key-management) **:** Encryption key management software is used to handle the administration, distribution, and storage of encryption keys. 

[Sensitive data discovery software](https://www.g2.com/categories/sensitive-data-discovery) **:** Sensitive data discovery software helps businesses locate sensitive data—such as PII, PHI, PCI data, intellectual property (IP), and other important business data—stored across multiple company systems including databases and applications, as well as on user endpoints.

[Data de-identification and pseudonymity software](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-de-identification-and-pseudonymity) **:** De-identification and pseudonymity software replaces personal identifying data in datasets with artificial identifiers, or pseudonyms. Companies choose to de-identify or pseudonymize (also called tokenize) their data to reduce their risk of holding PII and comply with privacy and data protection laws such as the CCPA and GDPR. 

[Data masking software](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-masking) **:** Data masking software, or data obfuscation software, is similar to but different from data de-identification and pseudonymity software. With data masking, sensitive data retains its actual identifying features (such as age range and zip code), but masks (or redacts, blanks, or hashes) identifying information such as name, addresses, phone numbers, and other sensitive data. It is possible to remove the data mask and reidentify the data. Data masking is often used as a way companies maintain sensitive data, but prevent misuse of data by employees or insider threats.

[Digital rights management (DRM) software](https://www.g2.com/categories/digital-rights-management-drm) **:** DRM software provides users with a variety of features intended to safeguard their content and ensure it is accessed within their designated parameters. Businesses are constantly sharing files internally and externally, and many others share branded assets or host media files regularly. DRM solutions protect the content shared or hosted by businesses and ensure it’s only used in the way originally intended. DRM software can provide features like watermarking and timed expiration for shared documents, and subscription and license management for media files. 

[Virtual private network (VPN) software](https://www.g2.com/categories/virtual-private-network-vpn) **:** VPNs enable users to connect to private, secure networks. Companies utilize corporate VPNs to provide their employees with secure, encrypted, and remote access to the company’s internal network. This enables employees to access applications, files, printers, and other corporate resources on the corporate network as if they were at the office.

[Password manager software](https://www.g2.com/categories/password-manager) **:** Password managers store and control a user's passwords through either an encrypted vault downloaded to a user’s computer or mobile device, or digitally through browser plugins or extensions. These solutions often require multi-factor authentication prior to accessing the filevault where passwords are stored with a folder lock. Password manager solutions are often cross-platform and operate on PCs, Mac, Android, iPhone, ioS, and other devices.

### Challenges with Encryption Software

**Performance** : Strong encryption requires more resources. It is important for companies to carefully weigh the strength of their encryption algorithms against the computational resources they have and the speed needed to encrypt and decrypt their data. The more secure the encryption algorithms are, the more computation power needed for them. 

**Quantum computing** : An emerging threat to encryption is quantum computing. Encrypting today is generally secure because the possible combinations for the decrypting encryption keys are so vast that in practice, it is virtually impossible to guess and test that many combinations. For example, decrypting an RSA-2048 bit encryption key, which has 2^2048 distinct numbers, is estimated to take a classical computer 300 trillion years. With the vast computing power of quantum computers, however, it is theorized that cracking an RSA-2048 bit encryption key could take as little as ten seconds to a few hours. As of now, quantum computers are not available for general use in the market, so the risk in practice is low, but theoretically, it does exist.

### Which Companies Should Buy Encryption Software?

All companies can benefit from safeguarding their data using encryption software, however, companies in regulated markets, such as healthcare, financial services, and those handling PII and other sensitive data should use encryption software as part of their information security practices. 

### How to Buy Encryption Software

#### Requirements Gathering (RFI/RFP) for Encryption Software

Companies must determine their specific encryption program's needs; what kind of data they are trying to secure—data at rest, data in transit, or data in use and what type of sensitive information, sensitive files, and other secure files do they need to protect. Buyers must have answers to the following questions when selecting encryption software for their business:

- Do you have individual files, specific storage types, or networks that you are seeking to secure? 
- Do you want an open-source solution? 
- Do you need a free version? 
- Do you prioritize encryption strength over speed? 
- Do you have the right computational resources to support your encryption method? 
- Do regulations in your industry recommend specific encryption algorithms? 

#### Compare Encryption Software Products

**Create a long list**

After determining the specific business needs, buyers must create a long list of products that can meet their company’s unique requirements. G2.com’s [encryption software](https://www.g2.com/categories/encryption)page compares encryption software solutions with reviews from verified users of encryption software to assist in narrowing the product search. 

**Create a short list**

After reviewing the long list, businesses should narrow their choices of products that can meet the company’s unique requirements by reading reports for that category of software. G2.com’s reports for [encryption software](https://www.g2.com/categories/encryption)helps compare how users of encryption software solutions rated these products.

**Conduct demos**

The next step includes contacting vendors to conduct demos of their solutions. Buyers must ask them questions about their solution, how they’ve assisted other similar companies, and how they answer the list of company-specific questions regarding encryption strength, speed, medium, and so on.  

#### Selection of the Best Encryption software

**Choose a selection team**

It is important to include day-to-day users of encryption software on the selection team. Typically, this would be an InfoSec professional, an information technology (IT) professional, or a data professional. In a regulated industry, it is important to include representatives from the team’s compliance or legal departments on the selection team, as well. 

**Negotiation**

The cost of encryption software can vary greatly depending on what the buyer is trying to secure, the volume of data, and any other solutions the buyer may want in conjunction with encryption software, such as sensitive data discovery. 

**Final decision**

Since encryption software is a data security product, the final product decision will likely be made by information security teams and data professionals, in conjunction with collaborating with business stakeholders to ensure the solution meets both the business’ security needs and the usefulness of accessing the data.