Protect the data on your laptop

                                                          

Laptops are practical, but the data within them are exposed to some additional risks, which is especially a concern if you're a business user who deals with sensitive data. Some of the following tips should reduce damage in case the worst happens.

The data on laptops, more often, its worth more than one computer, even if you do not have any great material value, in case of theft, most of which are personal data on the computer - is dropped into the hands of persons wrong, can cause major headaches owner - so such situations it is better to prevent.

1.Never, never bash however not leave passwords (passwords) in Lodge or laptop computer bag. Try to remember, but if keeping in mind not going to hand, then save them to any other device that you always close to yourself - eg mobile. It would also be wise to write password in such a way that it is not clear what it is.

2. Theft of laptops in most cases occur when someone is given the opportunity to do it. If you left your laptop unattended in a place where there are many people, of course that someone will steal just for the fact why could. When you leave a laptop in the vehicle, always put in the boot where no passers by, in the hotel room never leave the table, but put it in his bag and pull the country where flaring. Best would be to put in a lobby, so before you book the room ask if she has a safe available. Most hotels have, if nothing else, a percentage of the lobby rooms.

An excellent method against laptop theft is the lock (lock) Kensington. Modern laptops have a hole at the lodge where you can enter the lock with wire or chain which is then attached to something strong and that is fixed (radiator, heavy desk, bed). Kensington locks or locks possess the key figure, the name received by the company that originally started to use them. By the time their system has become the standard adopted by almost all manufacturers of laptops.

3. Especially sensitive data on laptops with encryption protect additional anyway. Windows system itself contain EFS (Encrypted File System), the solution can also be used by other manufacturers, such as Drivecrypt world renowned company Securstar. Protect data in this way is almost impossible to read, the chances that this reach any common thief are equal to zero.

4. Protect your system with passwords. Any laptop can be provided with the password in the BIOS since the launch of the computer, additional password can be connected before starting work Windows. Beware that the password should not be simple and use capital letters and the small numbers in a word. And if that laptop has transmitter identification through finger, use anyway.

5. If the worst happens and your laptop is stolen, it would have more value if they still gene. There are companies that allow tracking of laptops based on software installed. Unfortunately, he can make software work only when your stolen laptop be connected to the Internet, but this is better than nothing. / Telegraph /