How to Protect Your Mobile Assets

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How to Protect Your Mobile Assets

As laptop computers become more prevalent in the workplace, Absolute Software's CEO John Livingston says that IT professionals face the new security challenge of protecting hardware and company information that is increasingly mobile. In this environment, the loss of even a single laptop can result in a business-jeopardizing data breach. In 2008, one of every two computers in the world will be a laptop.

The risk of exposing customers and employees to identity theft is also becoming a common public concern; 37 states now have data breach laws in place, forcing companies to be more proactive about the security of personal data.How then, can companies harness the advantages of laptops in the workplace while protecting their computer hardware and sensitive data? The answer is two-fold: diligent company security policy and a multi-layered approach to computer security that includes physical security and technology to manage computer assets and the information on them. Laptop Security in the Workplace: How to Protect Your Mobile Assets Linked by LT Hacker