Why should I password-protect my folders? That way, if someone does manage to access your computer, they'll be unable to get their hands on the information you don't want them to have.īut do you know how to lock a folder? This guide breaks down the basics on how to password-protect folders within an electronic filing system, regardless of whether you're working in Windows, on a Mac, or in Google Drive.

One of the best practices to adopt is to password-protect your folders. Sometimes you need to lock down your folders within a document management system, whether it’s because you're concerned about sensitive data leaking to third parties or just want to keep your information private. This guide will help you password-protect your folders to keep unauthorized users out. When using folder encryption, it's about to encrypt the data on the NAS - not to provide additional granular access, something that must be done by ACLs anyway.Securing your data and information is essential for any organization in this digital age. The QNAP NAS are - like most others - not Windows based, thus no EFS support. Higher scaling in enterprise levels be done with a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). By default, a self-signed certificate (a key) is generated and stored in the current user profile - again, no username and password required ot access it later again. This can work locally on an NTFS file system, or on a Windows system shared folder accessing an NTFS file system again. When encrypting a folder or a file, Windows does make use of EFS (Encrypting File System). Windows does not have any controls to request additional authentication by username and password when accessing a specific folder. This happens regardless if using a plain, and encrypted volume, a plain file system, or an encrypted shared folder. The access rights on Windows are based on an identity - with this identity you can access the NAS shared folders, with the Advanced Folder Permission feature enabled, the access to some folders and files can be restricted to defined groups (or for the sake of it users).

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