Marc Tobias played laptop thief one recent evening, showing how easily several leading anti-theft devices can be defeated using such simple materials as a ballpoint-pen barrel, a thin piece of plastic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an investigative attorney and physical security specialist. This is the first in a two-part series about the current state of ...

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StarTech.com has announced the availability of a new line of enterprise grade privacy screens and laptop locks. Designed with the IT Professionals and business users in mind, the company says these ...

If you’re the average Joe, you don’t let your Retina MacBook out of your sight. But what if you’re an IT guy with a fleet of these things to secure on a client site? What to do? MacLocks has just ...

September 29, 2007 Until now most laptop security systems have either physically secured the laptop or helped track it down once it’s been lost or stolen. The STOP-Lock from security manufacturer ...

Another day, another temporary workspace set up at the local Starbucks. You’re a few hours into that latest screenplay, and as it does when the caffeine is flowing, nature calls, and the bathroom is ...

Bearing in mind that Security.org usually wants to sell you a fix to the problems they talk about, they are warning users of some models of Kensington cable locks for notebook computers that the ...

Anything that works like either the Kensington or Snake lock will make it easier to destroy the laptop by trying to close the lid with enough force. The Snake is going to be less so because the cable ...

If you’re working with sensitive information, there’s no such thing as too much electronic security. Such is the thinking behind BusKill, a project that incorporates some seriously hardcore security ...

In the spy thriller series Mission Impossible, Ethan Hunt’s directives from his superiors always self-destruct after being viewed. Information security isn’t just for spies, though. Many people face ...