How To Prevent Data Theft on Your Laptop?
How to prevent data theft on laptop is one of the most concerned matters for laptop users. Many prefer laptops over desktop as they are compact and can be carried anywhere. However, compared to a desktop computer, laptops run a huge risk of data theft. Laptops also a run the risk of getting stolen easily.
Through internet on laptop, we can do financial transactions. This has caused laptop users to store their confidential personal information on their laptops. If there is a laptop theft or a data theft, your banking and personal information can be misused by the miscreants.
Here are some tips on how to prevent data theft on your laptop:
Keep your laptop with you.
Do you often travel with your laptop? Make sure you carry it with you wherever you go. Do not leave it unattended in your car or any where else.
Password Protect Your Laptop.
Keep a login password for your laptop. This is a very simple to stop anyone from accessing your laptop’s data. Keep a strong password that cannot be cracked easily.
Protect your laptop via biometrics.
Compared to password protection, biometrics gives a stronger protection to your laptop’s data by protecting your laptop with by making use of your physiological feature. This can be fingerprint recognition,iris recogntion, face recognition. Hence, you can find many laptops in the market with features like facial reader, fingerprint reader, etc
Install laptop theft tracking software.
There are software like ‘Computrace’ that helps you to trace your laptop’s location in case of theft by getting information about its location by means of the internet. This information can be given to the police for further investigation.
Backup your data.
Data theft or data loss means you lose all the valuable data you had. It is necessary to backup your data regularly by means of an external/portable hard disk.
Do not store personal data.
We have an habit of storing our personal data on our laptop. Reduce the risk of identity theft by not storing personal data on laptop.
Password protect your files, folders, documents, drives, etc.
Password protect your documents and files on your laptop. You can also lock your folders so that it cannot be opened by anyone. You can even protect the whole hard drive by encryption software.
Store your data online.
Leading email service providers like Rediff, Gmail, Yahoo! and Hotmail provide online data storage facility. Store your data online with a strong password.
Do not enable web browser cache.
Do not store your login id and password on your web browser. This can be done by clearing your web browser’s cache or choosing not to remember the username and password.
Prevent laptop theft by locking your laptop.
Kensington Security Slot prevents your laptop from being stolen. Nowadays, all laptops come with a lock feature. The lock is metal-reinforced hole that can be found on the side panels of your laptop. You can lock your laptop to a securing it to a table or any heavy object.
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Posted by Anvin on 17th April, 2009
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