Backup & Recovery 2013 Free (encryption ?)

Hi,

Does anyone know by default (or by selecting somewhere),
if Backup & Recovery 2013 Free encrpyts the data when
it does a backup?

I already backup with a password. But am not sure if
it actually encrpypts the data.

Thanks in advance.

 

You can assume that it doesn´t. I have never seen an explicit reference to encryption in any Paragon document.

 

Hi Robin, thanks for confirming.

-Mark

 

solorize,

According to "Features" Page of the Paid - B&R 12 Home, Backup Archive can be "encrypted". See below link:
www.paragon-software.com/home/brh/features.html
Encrypted Backup - To avoid unauthorized access to your backup files, you can easily encrypt them within our backup wizards.

... According to below thread, the Option of selecting "password protecting" archive causes the archive to be created encrypted.
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=264345&highlight=gost

 

GOST seems to be a weak algorithm developed in the Cold War era. It´s not a standard like AES, and the name "GOST" doesn´t usually appear in any Paragon document. Other imaging programs use the standard 256-bit AES algorithm.

The images I create with Paragon HDM only contain the Windows partition, and I´m not particularly interested in encrypting them. But if encryption was important to me, I´d use another imaging program.

 

I find that I have only a few files I consider needing encryption so I deal with them as an entity and don't bother worrying about the issues of whole disk encryption, or image encryption.

If you are responsible for other people's personal information or sensitive corporate information, I applaud the efforts you take to keep it secure. Too many fools carry such info unsecured on a laptop, tablet or USB drives.