Joe: So...i lost my laptop...what now? Admin: You LOST your laptop? Joe: Umm..yea..I left it on the metro...the bag's gone now. I don't know what to do. Admin: You LOST your laptop? Joe: Well..i misplaced it. Admin: Okay, well we don't get too many of these calls. I'll have to file a report. Contact your local computer group and they'll set you up with a temporary computer. Over the next two hours, he got calls from upper management and the head of HR. "There's confidential information in there. How could you lose it?' Joe: "Well, I'm sorry. It won't happen again" HR: "Yeah well it better not." The firm went back and forth with him for an entire day, making him feel real guilty. Now there's a slide in every general firm presentation on laptop security. Lost files are another issue. This happens once every few months, and the region gets a general email asking if anyone found these files. The good thing is, with laptops......
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