Devoted to WAHMs -Work at Home Moms

The cool thing about working from home on a computer is that you can take your computer, in the form of a lap top, with you. But do you know what all you are taking along when you leave home?

In a recent WashingtonPost article I read that Fideltiy Investments had one of its notebook PCs stolen, containing personal information on 196,000 current and former Hewlett-Packard employees, including Social Security numbers.

James Martin, the article's author has this to safe about keeping your laptop safe:

So what do you do, short of leaving your laptop in a bank vault? For starters, don't carry data around in your notebook unless it's absolutely necessary. And if you do have to carry sensitive information, encrypt the data and use strong password protection to keep unauthorized users out of your system. I'll tell you more about protecting your data next week; this week, I've got tips for keeping your notebook safe when you're on the go.

For more valuable info read the full article here.