10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk

By Debra Donston

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – Hard Drives Aren-

You can-

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – USB Drives Aren-

OK, maybe you don-

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – Work-Home Lines Are Crossed

If end users are doing their taxes, downloading music or, heaven forbid, allowing their teenagers to IM (and download smilies) using corporate systems, you-

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – End Users Aren-

Related to the item above, your end users need to be trained in security awareness-

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – Physical Security Isn-

It may sound primitive, but a security cable or laptop safe-

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – The -Duh-

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10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – Systems Aren-

Believe it or not, there are good, honest people in the world. If a laptop does get lost and one of these people finds it, they won-

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – The Eyes Don-

Lots of authentication methods can be relatively easily outsmarted by a determined hacker, but biometric authentication is pretty tough to crack.

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – No-jack

Like Lojack for laptops, computer tracing programs can track and recover a lost or stolen laptop, and even render a laptop useless from afar.

10 Reasons Why Your Laptop Is at Risk – As the Worm Turns

An unpatched laptop is just waiting to wreak havoc once it connects to the network. Make sure that all laptops connecting to corporate resources-