A presentation I delivered for eFolder on 28th May, 2013 discussing "Six Best Practices for Complete Laptop Protection". This presentation will be of interest to IT Professionals who wish to secure their own devices, and to IT Solution Providers and Managed Service Providers (MSP's) who wish to create a revenue stream out of device protection for their SMB clients.

1. Six Best
Practices for
Complete Laptop
Protection
Richard Tubb
Providing Expert Advice to Help IT
Companies Grow
www.tubblog.co.uk

2. Agenda
● My story - why I became interested in device
protection
● The six lessons for device security
● The best free software to help you recover
lost or stolen devices
● Why your clients are probably unprepared
for endpoint losses
● How to make endpoint protection a business
opportunity
Feel free to ask questions in the Web
Chat, or by Twitter @tubblog

3. Why I became interested in device
protection
● December 2011
● Presenting at Autotask User
Group in UK to 100+ people
● As I'm due to go on stage I
realised my laptop had been
taken
● And yes, the presentation
was on the laptop...

4. Lesson Number 1 - Keep your data
backed up

5. Lesson Number 2 - Know how to
quickly access your backups

6. Lesson Number 3 - Maintain an
accurate record of your assets

7. Lesson Number 4 - Your Data is
more valuable than your Hardware!

8. Lesson Number 5 - Install Tracking
Software on your mobile devices

9. Lesson No 6 - Make sure your
insurance schedule is current

10. In Summary
● Keep your Data Backed Up - DropBox, Live Mesh
● Know how to quickly access your backups - KeePass,
LastPass
● Maintain accurate asset register - Make/Model, Serial
No
● Register your items with Immobilize
● UV Mark Items with your Address and ZIP code
● Set a Device Lock
● Encrypt your data - TrueCrypt, Bitlocker
● Install Tracking Software - Prey Project, Find my
iPhone, Android Lost
● Ensure your Insurance Schedule is current - scan

11. The story has a happy ending...

12. If this can happen to me...
... then do you think there's a chance it can
happen to your client?
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13. Questions

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