Encryption and regular backup

I'm surprised and confused that this sub and r/Backup, r/privacy, and r/netsec don't seem to have much information about file encryption other than old references to veracrypt and cryptomator. I saw a few references to diskcryptor as well, plus cloudally and gmail backup (for email-specific backups on a regular basis) and backblaze/synology for cloud backups.

I need to regularly backup work and personal files (M365 and many audio and video recordings), plus work emails (I'm using protonmail) and personal emails (gmail). I have several external hard drives (1-4TB each), OneDrive, and Google Drive (want to switch the cloud ones to synology I guess, when I set up NAS). Everything needs to be encrypted, though. My research says that Bitlocker isn't reliable if I need to protect files from Microsoft (work files are confidential attorney-client privileged).

What do people do? Am I stuck with veracrypt (hard drives, laptop) and cryptomator (cloud backups)? Is diskcryptor a viable and private option?

QJSmithen if you are doing data security for a legal professional reason, compliance, ethical and insurance reasons make a good case for a all-in-one provider, such as Clio.

https://www.clio.com/

You will have a good time defending yourself against legal malpractice for a hacked DIY data security implementation. There are several providers, choose best for you.

https://www.clio.com/blog/law-firm-data-encrypt...

bitlocker is the go-to encryption used by nearly all major US industries, including universities like Columbia, MIT, and Harvard. Just google the uni name and bitlocker. It is FIPS approved for secure gov't use, healthcare and HIPAA compliant, US military etc.

If you are archiving for personal reasons, I use local backup to avoid security issues with cloud providers. I use backup software that writes to Veracrypted disk, is removeable, changed daily using a rotational scheme [as best I can remember to comply with] with 7 others [one per day] in a fire and water proof data safe. There are six copies in the safe, and one outside at any time.

In 40 years, I've never had to restore a backup, nor had a fire. In the past, these were tapes, then CDs, then HDs, now SSDs. Its simple but vulnerable to theft and not being in a remote location. Its cheaper than a commercial fire proof HD like Solo G3. Aug 19, 2024 2 likes

verzing1 Like user u/dr100 said, you missed Rclone. It supports encryption and auto-sync with most cloud storage providers. If Rclone is too complicated for you, you can use FileLu. You can encrypt your files and folders with a simple click. They use client-side encryption and offer many awesome features, such as FTPS and WebDAV. Also its supper cheap. Aug 19, 2024 2 likes