Xml Encryption/Dycryption

public class SimpleEncryption
{
    #region Constructor
    public SimpleEncryption(string password)
    {
        byte[] passwordBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password);
        byte[] saltValueBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SaltValue);

        _DeriveBytes = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(passwordBytes, saltValueBytes, PasswordIterations);
        _InitVectorBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(InitVector);
        _KeyBytes = _DeriveBytes.GetBytes(32);
    }
    #endregion

    #region Private Fields
    private readonly Rfc2898DeriveBytes _DeriveBytes;
    private readonly byte[] _InitVectorBytes;
    private readonly byte[] _KeyBytes;
    #endregion

    private const string InitVector = "T=A4rAzu94ez-dra";
    private const int PasswordIterations = 1000; //2;
    private const string SaltValue = "d=?ustAF=UstenAr3B@pRu8=ner5sW&h59_Xe9P2za-eFr2fa&ePHE@ras!a+uc@";

    public string Decrypt(string encryptedText)
    {
        byte[] encryptedTextBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(encryptedText);
        string plainText;

        RijndaelManaged rijndaelManaged = new RijndaelManaged { Mode = CipherMode.CBC };

        try
        {
            using (ICryptoTransform decryptor = rijndaelManaged.CreateDecryptor(_KeyBytes, _InitVectorBytes))
            {
                using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(encryptedTextBytes))
                {
                    using (CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read))
                    {
                        //TODO: Need to look into this more. Assuming encrypted text is longer than plain but there is probably a better way
                        byte[] plainTextBytes = new byte[encryptedTextBytes.Length];

                        int decryptedByteCount = cryptoStream.Read(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
                        plainText = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(plainTextBytes, 0, decryptedByteCount);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (CryptographicException exception)
        {
            plainText = string.Empty; // Assume the error is caused by an invalid password
        }

        return plainText;
    }

    public string Encrypt(string plainText)
    {
        string encryptedText;
        byte[] plainTextBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(plainText);

        RijndaelManaged rijndaelManaged = new RijndaelManaged {Mode = CipherMode.CBC};

        using (ICryptoTransform encryptor = rijndaelManaged.CreateEncryptor(_KeyBytes, _InitVectorBytes))
        {
            using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                using (CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, encryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Write))
                {
                    cryptoStream.Write(plainTextBytes, 0, plainTextBytes.Length);
                    cryptoStream.FlushFinalBlock();

                    byte[] cipherTextBytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
                    encryptedText = Convert.ToBase64String(cipherTextBytes);
                }
            }
        }

        return encryptedText;
    }
}