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Thursday, 13 November 2003 19:15 EST

What would you do if, in the middle of a crucial business trip, your laptop or PDA was lost or stolen? Here's our guide to making sure that never happens and, if it did, minimizing the damage. You may remember the story from a few years ago: A British defense official gets in a cab carrying a laptop that contains top-secret data about missile systems. The official gets to his destination, gets out of the cab, forgets to grab his laptop, the cab drives away, and scandal ensues.

For anyone who's ever carried a laptop or PDA on a business trip, or even from meeting room to meeting room, such a tale should provoke a shudder. It should also provoke an urge to make sure your portable devices have some sort of built-in security, so if and when you make a similar mistake, you'll have a chance of keeping vital company data (or just your own address book) safe.

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