TrueCrypt - What Now?

TrueCrypt, a package that supported on-the-fly encryption of file data through encrypted virtual disks, partitions, and entire file systems, was discontinued by its anonymous development team on May 28, 2014.

TrueCrypt served a definite need in the market place allowing sophisticated security-minded users to encrypt data locally. By moving TrueCrypt containers onto cloud providers like Dropbox and Box, TrueCrypt’s protective capabilities could be extended to the cloud. Although the anonymous fashion in which it was developed prevented standard certification that applies for most commercially developed software, a crowd-sourced effort to audit the software was in progress, and the encryption package had a public history of successful mitigation of attacks by sophisticated law enforcement agencies.

With its announcement, the TrueCrypt Foundation has suggested that equivalent filesystem encryption capabilities may be found natively in the operating systems for Windows (BitLocker) and MacOS (FileVault). However, these solutions do not fully replace the on-the-fly type encryption that TrueCrypt provided for users storing data off their local system, in the cloud.

For storage in the cloud, users can take advantage of Cloud Privacy Protection offerings. Ohanae Inc. is proud to offer previous TrueCrypt users an integrated solution for local storage and cloud based storage, with keys that are controlled (generated and used locally) by the end user. The Ohanae solution provides security for data at rest locally, in transit to cloud providers, and at rest in the cloud.

Migration from TrueCrypt to Ohanae is simple — with drag and drop or copy/paste functionality to move files from TrueCrypt containers into Ohanae Secure Drives. Ohanae pricing is attractive — with free use for single device users, and special referral bonuses to gain premium support for up to five years.

For further information, and to start securing your data locally and in the cloud with Ohanae, please refer to http://www.ohanae.com. For information on Ohanae’s referral program, please see http://www.ohanae.com/referral.