The continuing thefts and losses of laptops highlights the need to provide ongoing security awareness and training to the people who use these mobile devices to store and process the personal information of customers and employees.
Over the past couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of speaking with Kevin Coffey about laptop thefts, related crimes, and what people need to do to protect their mobile computing devices and storage media when they are in their homes and traveling. Kevin is Detective Sergeant for a large metropolitan city in California, and also founded and owns his own company, Corporate Travel Safety.
Kevin has amassed a great list of resources on all topics related to travel safety, including how to protect mobile computing devices. A couple of years ago he also created a laptop theft prevention video that organizations should consider showing as part of their awareness activities.
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