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Last Updated: Jun 03, 2005

Sensitive company and private data lives on Windows laptops, making it critical that you safeguard that data in the event of an attack, loss or theft. Get tips and advice on laptop security here.
>>	Ask Jonathan Hassell for help hardening your Windows laptop security.

Are identities safer on laptops than central databases?

(03 Jun 2005)

Microsoft pledges better ID security. Given the theft of a laptop storing 100,000 Social Security numbers, Redmond's approach could prove controversial.

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>>	Physically secure all systems (McGraw-Hill Osborne Media) 12 Aug 2004
>>	Designing a strategy for the encryption and decryption of files and folders (Sams Publishing) 31 Oct 2004
>>	The most serious challenges in securing wireless networks (SearchWindowsSecurity.com) 28 Oct 2004
>>	Spy Fighters: Keeping student laptops spyware-free (SearchWindowsSecurity.com) 03 Mar 2005
>>	Group Policy Q&A -- Guarding wireless access points (Realtimepublishers.com) 03 Nov 2004


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