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At meetings (standards and others) you quite often need to
protect your laptop...............
Of course, you need to look at the physical security and
backup, perhaps using the IBM microdrive for backup (and you can keep
sensitive s/w on it, though of course I guess most of it will be left in
swap areas on your PC).
The electronic security is quite a more interesting issue, as LANs
(both fixed and wireless) are used at meetings, and most people use
microsoft software which needs some work.
Here are some useful sources of security advice and
guidance:
- Antivirus - Norton works well for me, and can also
be used to look for viruses on POP mail boxes which I have found catches
a few Email viruses.
- Zonelabs offer a free firewall at http://www.zonelabs.com/.This works
very well.
- To test your system, try http://www.grc.com/ and go to
'Test My Shields'. This will try a few low level number
and well known ports for weakness. Without a firewall you will be
surprised what is exposed. Other sites offer full port scanning, but at
a cost ($ and time).
- Check your PC for spyware programmes that may be
leaking your browsing. http://www.lavasoft.de/ is a good
site, and Ad-aware is a freebie.
- Look out for secure email packages, such as PGP
which offers 'plug ins' to many email programmes.
- Consider access control for your PC (hardware or
software) and encryption of your files.
- Finally, consider blocking cookies that may be
looked at by others (if they code their web servers correctly) and maybe
tracking your surfing.
I hope this helps!
I also use for email Eudora at http://www.eudora.com/ as this isn't
seem quite so prone to outlook type viruses such as 'I LOVE
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