Background Information
| Encryption | Developer | First released | Licensing | Maintained? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArchiCrypt Live | Softwaredevelopment Remus ArchiCrypt | 1998 | Proprietary | Yes |
| BestCrypt | Jetico | 1993 | Proprietary | Yes |
| BitArmor DataControl | BitArmor Systems Inc. | 2008-05 | Proprietary | Yes |
| BitLocker Drive Encryption | Microsoft | 2006 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Bloombase Keyparc | Bloombase | 2007 | Proprietary | Yes |
| CGD | Roland C. Dowdeswell | 2002-10-04 | BSD | Yes |
| CenterTools DriveLock | CenterTools | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Check Point Full Disk Encryption | Check Point Software Technologies Ltd | 1999 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Conjurers Encrypter | Akash Shastri(Conjurers) | 2012-07 | Proprietary | Yes |
| CrossCrypt | Steven Scherrer | 2004-02-10 | GPL | No |
| Cryptainer | Cypherix (Secure-Soft India) | ? | Proprietary | Yes |
| CryptArchiver | WinEncrypt | ? | Proprietary | Yes |
| cryptoloop | ? | 2003-07-02 | GPL | No |
| cryptoMill | SEAhawk | Proprietary | Yes | |
| Discryptor | Cosect Ltd. | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
| DiskCryptor | ntldr | 2007 | GPL | Yes |
| DISK Protect | Becrypt Ltd | 2001 | Proprietary | Yes |
| cryptsetup/dmsetup | Christophe Saout | 2004-03-11 | GPL | Yes |
| dm-crypt/LUKS | Clemens Fruhwirth (LUKS) | 2005-02-05 | GPL | Yes |
| DriveCrypt | SecurStar GmbH | 2001 | Proprietary | Yes |
| DriveSentry GoAnywhere 2 | DriveSentry | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
| E4M | Paul Le Roux | 1998-12-18 | Open source | No |
| e-Capsule Private Safe | EISST Ltd. | 2005 | Proprietary | Yes |
| eCryptfs | Dustin Kirkland, Tyler Hicks, (formerly Mike Halcrow) | 2005 | GPL | Yes |
| FileVault | Apple Inc. | 2003-10-24 | Proprietary | Yes |
| FileVault 2 | Apple Inc. | 2011-7-20 | Proprietary | Yes |
| FinallySecure Enterprise (SECUDE) | SECUDE | 2006 | Proprietary | Yes |
| FREE CompuSec | CE-Infosys | 2002 | Proprietary | Yes |
| FreeOTFE | Sarah Dean | 2004-10-10 | Open source | Yes |
| GBDE | Poul-Henning Kamp | 2002-10-19 | BSD | Yes |
| GELI | Pawel Jakub Dawidek | 2005-04-11 | BSD | Yes |
| KryptOS | The MorphOS Development Team | 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
| loop-AES | Jari Ruusu | 2001-04-11 | GPL | Yes |
| McAfee Endpoint Encryption (SafeBoot) | McAfee, Inc. | 2007 | Proprietary | Yes |
| n-Crypt Pro | n-Trance Security Ltd | 2005 | Proprietary | Yes |
| PGPDisk | PGP Corporation | 1998-09-01 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Private Disk | Dekart | 1993 | Proprietary | Yes |
| R-Crypto | R-Tools Technology Inc | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
| SafeGuard Easy | Sophos (Utimaco) | 1993 | Proprietary | Yes |
| SafeGuard Enterprise | Sophos (Utimaco) | 2007 | Proprietary | Yes |
| SafeGuard PrivateDisk |
Sophos (Utimaco) | 2000 | Proprietary | Yes |
| SafeHouse Professional | PC Dynamics, Inc. | 1992 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Scramdisk | Shaun Hollingworth | 1997-07-01 | Open source | No |
| Scramdisk 4 Linux | Hans-Ulrich Juettner | 2005-08-06 | GPL | Yes |
| SecuBox | Aiko Solutions | 2007-02-19 | Proprietary | Yes |
| SECUDE Secure Notebook | SECUDE | 2003 | Proprietary | Yes |
| SecureDoc | WinMagic Inc. | 1997 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Sentry 2020 | SoftWinter | 1998 | Proprietary | Yes |
| softraid / RAID C | OpenBSD | 2007-11-01 | BSD | Yes |
| SpyProof! | Information Security Corp. | 2002 | Proprietary | Yes |
| svnd / vnconfig | OpenBSD | 2000-12-01 | BSD | Yes |
| Symantec Endpoint Encryption | Symantec Corporation | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
| TrueCrypt | TrueCrypt Foundation | 2004-02-02 | Free and open source (unique license however) TrueCrypt License 3.0 | Yes |
| Aloaha Secure Stick | Aloaha | 2008 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Name | Developer | First released | Licensing | Maintained? |
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