Come crittografare e proteggere i file Dropbox con AxCrypt?

Dropbox è uno strumento eccellente per condividere, sincronizzare e collaborare. È ancora meglio quando puoi decidere chi ha accesso a tutti questi file.

Quella parte è una tua responsabilità.

Sebbene piattaforme di archiviazione cloud come Google Drive, OneDrive e Dropbox abbiano reso il lavoro remoto, la collaborazione, lo storage, la condivisione e lo scambio di informazioni piuttosto semplici, comportano comunque una serie di sfide silenziose ma pericolose.

Data exposure; we are talking about a simple leak, like leaving your Dropbox credentials on a sticky note at your desk or even on a sticky note on your systems that says ‘Important Passwords’ or something as bad as sharing a public Dropbox link in an email thread that gets forwarded one too many times, turning “restricted access” into “open invitation” or a “community project”.

Cloud storage has made collaboration effortless, yes.

But has it made data exposure and breaches much more effortless, also yes.

Be it handling business documents, client data or even personal files, depending on Dropbox’s innate security features creates a gap or makes room for risks that users don’t notice until it is too late.

And that’s why AxCrypt has a smarter, simpler and seamless approach: Cloud security with encryption.

In this guide, you’ll learn exactly how to protect Dropbox files with AxCrypt encryption and how AxCrypt cloud encryption for Dropbox storage gives you complete control over your data.

Nel momento in cui la sicurezza inizia a sembrare anche solo un po’ complicata, le persone tendono ad abbandonare il piano o a ricorrere a soluzioni più semplici ma alternative che non garantiscono una protezione completa.

Dropbox utilizza una crittografia a 256 bit, ma considerando l’attuale panorama di minacce in continua evoluzione, la prudenza è fondamentale. AxCrypt semplifica la crittografia e la sicurezza dei dati, offrendo uno strumento potente e intuitivo che protegge i file in pochi secondi. Vediamo come puoi proteggere i file di Dropbox utilizzando AxCrypt.

Ma prima di iniziare a usare la sicurezza di AxCrypt per i file Dropbox, devi prima autenticare il tuo account e concedere i permessi sufficienti ad AxCrypt per accedere e interagire con la piattaforma di archiviazione cloud. Una volta ottenuti questi permessi, l'applicazione aprirà, cripterà, decripterà e gestirà in modo sicuro i tuoi file memorizzati nell'account Dropbox registrato.

AxCrypt non memorizza mai i tuoi dati; vengono elaborati solo i file criptati.

Due modi per mettere in sicurezza i file su Dropbox usando AxCrypt:

1. Crittografia con il tasto destro:

li>Una volta aperto, verrà visualizzata una finestra di selezione dei file con tutti i tuoi file disponibili.

2. Utilizzo del menu Azione:

Two ways to decrypt or open the encrypted files:

1. Using Stop Secure - this permanently decrypts the file.

Please note: You can also use the action menu at the bottom right to stop secure.

2. Open Secured - this temporarily decrypts the file.

Si prega di notare: Puoi anche eseguire questa azione tramite il menu delle azioni. I tuoi file rimangono criptati e sicuri, si aprono brevemente mentre lavori e si ricriptano all'uscita.

If you shared a file via Dropbox before encrypting it with AxCrypt, understanding when and how you apply encryption is as important as the tool itself. Let’s say you did send an important file via Dropbox and it was unencrypted. You do not want the recipient to view the files or download them, but here is the good news: you can encrypt them, but immediately.

What this action does is revoke the recipient's access to that file. When they search for the file in Dropbox, or even if they revisit that file, they will be presented with a message stating that the file has been deleted.

Dropbox and cloud security platforms alike are built for speed, accessibility and smooth collaboration. But it is encryption that makes it safer for data to exist and be transferred around.

If you are someone working on sensitive files, documents, or even sensitive information that could have adverse effects when exposed or in the wrong hands, the risk is not storage. The risk here is who has access to it, who granted it and what they did with all that information.

This is why encryption is non-negotiable:

Safest approach?

Load all your files onto the cloud and encrypt them with AxCrypt by using any of the aforementioned methods of data encryption.

You can learn more about cloud security and cloud data encryption in our Resources and Guides page. Because when you protect Dropbox cloud storage with AxCrypt, even if access is compromised, your data isn’t.

Read here for more information.

Or.

If you store information locally rather than in the cloud, encrypt it with AxCrypt. Built-in storage lacks security. Protect both the contents and the container, not just the container.

Read more in this article: Why Your Computer’s Built-In Encryption Isn’t Always Enough?