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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 10:25 am
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Originally Posted by CarolDisney1
The 'laptop' is not the issue it's what's ON IT! That cash is NOT going to recover your data, or reimbuse you for the costs involved in letting people know that thier confidential data has been "lost" under the plane etc... :
Originally Posted by GUWonder
Yes, and it sounds like someone at your company failed to backup and encrypt the data so as to avoid the cost of the above situation.
Yep. I back up my laptops (company and personal) weekly at a minimum. The company laptop came with encryption software, and I installed TrueCrypt on my personal laptop. TrueCrypt works great, and it's free.^^

Originally Posted by pdac1975
And yes, my laptop is encrypted, backed up, etc but If I lose it, my company is still in for a world of hurt.
If it is encrypted and backed up, that should not be the case. If it is the case, then you should not be traveling with it and it should be kept well secured in your work place.

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