Don't put your laptop on the security conveyer belt until travelers in line ahead of you have passed through, advises Julie Lucas of GlobalNetwork Technology Services. Keep passwords safe. Security experts suggest changing laptop access passwords every 3 months. Keep written passwords apart from your laptop and computer bag. Be wary of strangers' eyes.
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Security experts say most companies aren't doing enough to protect laptops and the data stored on them against theft. The costs can be large. According to press reports at the time, the laptop was stocked with confidential information. Qualcomm would not comment for this article on its laptop security policy before or since the incident. Security breeches often occur because companies do not enforce the laptop security policies that they have, says Julie Lucas, director of infrastructure technology at GlobalNetwork Technology Services in Boston.