Container-Based Encryption and Smart Card Logon for Windows

Abylonsoft is an independent German software developer based in Seibersbach, founded in 2001 and led by Thomas Klabunde. It builds a family of Windows utilities covering data encryption, authentication, credential storage, and privacy cleanup. The customer base is individual users, small and mid-sized businesses, and the administrators who support them, rather than enterprise security teams. Every product ships with a 30-day trial that runs without registration, and licenses are sold outright per title instead of by subscription.

The encryption line centers on abylon CRYPTDRIVE, which mounts container-based encrypted drives that hold programs and data, protected with the AES or Blowfish symmetric algorithms; abylon SHAREDDRIVE extends the same container model to network storage so several users can share encrypted files. abylon KEYSAFE stores passwords and access credentials, and abylon LOGON replaces the Windows password prompt with hardware keys such as smart cards and USB tokens. abylon SHREDDER overwrites files, free disk space, and browsing traces so deleted data cannot be recovered.

Products are packaged at several levels: abylon BASIC adds file encryption directly in Windows Explorer, abylon ENTERPRISE bundles the suite for professional use, and abylon LOGON Business adds centralized user-account management across an organization. Alongside symmetric AES and Blowfish, the tools support asymmetric RSA PKCS keys and certificates, so encrypted files can be addressed to specific recipients. The company has kept the same desktop-focused catalog for more than two decades, selling direct and through download portals rather than through enterprise channel partners.