On a slightly related question, what are you guys using instead of Truecrypt for virtual encripted disks?

I use a bit of confidential data for research, and keep the identifiers on a TC container, but since it is no longer maintained I wonder when will it stop working and if VeraCrypt/CipherShed are good or not. I don't access the data that often, so speed is not that big of a deal, but the ability to cover my back is always good (e.g. say "I used XYZ which was deemed as the best free alternative at the time")