9.5. Summary
In this chapter we discussed in detail methods to provide security to your data in the form of encryption. As we have learned, OS X ships with a number of encryption technologies that can be used to increase the security of a running client: the Keychain for encrypting passwords and secure notes, disk images for encrypting a subset of file system data, and FileVault can be used to encrypt the entirety of a user's home directory. While these technologies do provide a decently strong method for securing data, the protections they offer are not always enough, and additional functionality or protection may be needed. In these cases, multiple third party solutions abound that cover a wide variety of data security needs. Determining the ...
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