How to keep your laptop safe

Here we are talking about laptop safe, not means the computer safe on internet regarding the antivirus, but referring to the physical laptop safe. Here is a data that 12,000 laptops are reported lost or stolen in US airport per week.

If your laptop is stolen or lost, it will cost you a lot. You need to purchase a new laptop, it may cost you $1000 if you would like to buy standard business laptop.  In the meantime, all the software in your laptop is lost and it is also a cost for you, you need to repurchase these software if you buy a new laptop. This cost also cannot be ignored, especially when you installed some expensive applications. Compared with these physical cost, the confidential data in the lost or stolen laptop may make you more concerned. Imagine the company business confidential data, the financial records, the private photo, etc, these material will make you in a big trouble if it is used by the identity thief. Even worse, it may cause you lose job, family break, etc.  To avoid these tragedy occur, keep laptop safe is very crucial.

Here we propose several points regarding how to keep your laptop safe.

1.Treat your laptop as cash. If you put your money out in a public place, would you turn your back on it — even for just a minute? Would you put it in checked luggage? Leave it on the back seat of your car?  Absolutely not.  From the research data, airport is the place where to loss the computer most easily. So you need to pay more attention when you are waiting for the plane in airport. If you can treat your laptop as the way you treat the cash, you can minimize the risk of losing the computer.

2. Keep it locked. Whether you’re using your laptop in the office, a hotel, or some other public place, a security locker can make it more difficult for someone to steal it. Use a laptop security cable: attach it to something immovable or to a heavy piece of furniture that’s difficult to move — say, a table or a desk. There are many choices for the locker, you can choose any type you want.

3. Encrypt your important file with software. Sometimes, it is very difficult to keep the physical laptop safe as you cannot be careful forever. But there is a way to keep your data safe forever, that is to use encryption software, if all your data is encrypted, they cannot get access into your material if your laptop is stolen by the thief. Here we recommend miTracker-a laptop anti theft software, it has the function of encryption and it used military grade encryption algorithm, nobody in the world can break up the files.

4. Choose to purchase the PC anti theft software. miTracker is such software which operates at the back of the system, you don’t need to operate it normally, only when your laptop is lost, you can ask help from miTracker, it can help you remote lock down the lost computer to prevent unauthorized log in and delete your important files remotely.