Hi,
With all the news about goverment agencys and different buisness companys loosing their laptops or having them stolen, I wonder what I should do to prevent data theft. No, I'm not transporting other peoples bank or credit card info. I do transport to and from work data files that are important to me and my company though. These files are backed up regularly so I won't be in a real bind if the files if lost or stolen. Would a theif be able to cheat my company out of any real money if they got their hands on the files? I doubt it. I still think I should try to be one step ahead of the crooks. If for no other reason than my personal files. I dont want to have to buy one of them fancy IBM laptops with the fingerprint reader. I want something I can add to my existing laptop. I want something that will protect the files through 2 layers. Layer 1 should be hardware device that prevents hard drive from working unless it is plugged in (usb or parallel port). Layer 2 should be a password to prevent booting the machine and or file encription. Is anyone else doing this? Can anyone recommend a device or software package to prevent data theft?
Thanks for reading
BD
With all the news about goverment agencys and different buisness companys loosing their laptops or having them stolen, I wonder what I should do to prevent data theft. No, I'm not transporting other peoples bank or credit card info. I do transport to and from work data files that are important to me and my company though. These files are backed up regularly so I won't be in a real bind if the files if lost or stolen. Would a theif be able to cheat my company out of any real money if they got their hands on the files? I doubt it. I still think I should try to be one step ahead of the crooks. If for no other reason than my personal files. I dont want to have to buy one of them fancy IBM laptops with the fingerprint reader. I want something I can add to my existing laptop. I want something that will protect the files through 2 layers. Layer 1 should be hardware device that prevents hard drive from working unless it is plugged in (usb or parallel port). Layer 2 should be a password to prevent booting the machine and or file encription. Is anyone else doing this? Can anyone recommend a device or software package to prevent data theft?
Thanks for reading
BD