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Security Considerations When Using Desktop and Laptop Computers

Overview The desktop PC or laptop is the point of entrance to the network and data for most users but many organizations fail to include these computers in their security strategy. Often the enterprise will establish a firewall and network security, focusing most of their energy on protecting their data from outside intruders and leaving their desktop and laptop computers open to intrusion, modification of system and data or even data theft. This document provides some basic security principals and implementing tools to control and monitor user actions which can reduce risks drastically.

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Publisher	Bardon Data Systems, Inc.	File Format	HTML
Date Published	May 2004	Downloads	9
Format	White Papers
Topics	Security Standards, Desktop Systems - PCs, Laptops

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