Always keep it with you. Don't leave your laptop in your rental car, hotel room or airplane seat. And be careful while walking through airport security checkpoints.
Thieves often partner up to steal laptops there.
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.