Privacy: PGP Desktop Pro and Home
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PGP Desktop (home and pro versions) are cross-platform encryption and privacy protection programs, running on OS X and Windows.
From the Web Site: PGP Desktop Professional …
… provides comprehensive security for individual desktops, making it possible for organizations to protect sensitive information for a single person without changing the existing IT infrastructure or disrupting work processes. This award-winning, easy-to-use solution encrypts email, files, virtual volumes, and entire disks from a single desktop application.
PGP Desktop Professional protects confidential data in email and in files; secures data on mobile computing devices; facilitates compliance with existing and emerging regulations for information security; and enables organizations to comply, at the individual desktop level, with the information security requirements of business partners.
PGP Desktop Home
Built on a proven and trusted security foundation, PGP Desktop Home 9.0 includes several new and enhanced features that provide additional security and ease of use for securing files, email, and instant messaging:
Volume disk encryption – PGP Virtual Disk provides transparent security for sensitive files or disk volumes. PGP Virtual Disk keeps stored data safe at all times, even in the event of unauthorized system access, system theft, or accidental loss.
Automatic, granular, policy-based enforcement – PGP Desktop Home now automatically signs, encrypts, and decrypts secure email based on content-driven policies, allowing users to dynamically and effortlessly secure sensitive email.
Expanded desktop security features – PGP Desktop Home now includes the ability to secure AOL® Instant Messenger™ (AIM) traffic and to create, secure, and send compressed multi-file archives using PGP Zip.