what should you do if you want to be able to locate your laptop in the event of loss or theft
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Information technology's never an issue what "What do nosotros do if a device is lost or stolen" It's "Practise nosotros have protections and policies in place for when equipment gets lost or stolen"
Protecting the information that you know leaves your premise is a must. You have to have information technology in identify prior to the data leaving. Merely it really should not stop at merely notebooks. I've had a computer stolen from in a burn station. Person walking by saw the door open, ran in grabbed and ran out. And people volition steal annihilation.
Ensuring employees understand their responsibilities with the equipment issued to them is a must. Often users volition gain a sense of ownership and see and treat the equipment every bit their own personal stuff. What ever y'all tin do to aid them remember this is a tool for your employment. Generally this tin can be done past making them sign off on the equipment every time it changes.
Financial responsibility is something I would not want to go into equally an It person. Who has to pay and who doesn't. This is really a personnel upshot. Are policy let me to replace equipment based on it being worn out. The moment they mention it was dropped, stolen, lost, or damaged I they must report it to Hour. I'm not allow to do anything with it unless instructed past Hr. HR and so determines if the equipment is to be replaced and should the employee be financially responsible.
Prey project, Meraki, LoJack. Without a built in GPS unit these take time to locate the device. Sometimes they are successful other times they require police intervention. I have a police forensic lab in the office in a higher place me, it can take weeks to get a warrant for an IP address. And during that time if the IP changes they have to go through the whole process again. While I respect police enforcement, they are non all that up with technology, Of the 40 officers we have, there is one reckoner forensic person. That'due south only considering nosotros specifically requested 1. ( nosotros contract through the county for our deputys)
For anyone reading this thread, if y'all are non already encrypting, go to your stakeholder and tell them you must start encrypting everything. With all the laws and regulation, in both the US and European union, its really a must.
Develop a procedure and procedure on how to handle stolen equipment earlier something gets stolen or lost. Lay out what the process is, is a law report required? Who has to pay for it? What steps are taken to protect the data that was on it? What steps are to exist taken to recover the device.
As Information technology people the best style to cover our asses is to have a policy and process in identify and approved by the stake holders prior to get asked "Johns estimator was stolen and it had all our secrets on it. Why didn't yous protect it?"
I though about engraving equipment, but it always looks tacky. I put asset stickers on them merely those can always be peeled off
For me:
Every phone or ipad issued requires a pivot. Fail to enter the pin correctly too many times and the device gets wiped. I test every new model deployed to ensure both the device and the SD card get wiped. I install Meraki on all the devices and Andriods go an added app that send me a photograph if the passcode is entered wrong iii fourth dimension. (Some people practise not look flattering on sat mornings)
All notebooks and desktops have Bitlocker with TPM support on them. Blast me if you lot will, but with TPM back up your not getting in unless yous tin gauge the users password or yous actually really want into that bulldoze. They every bit well all take meraki installed on them.
Someday a user gets a new device, they have to sign off on the policy explaining what their allowances are (in example of phones) and that they may be held accountable for its lost or damage.
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Source: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/431820-how-do-you-handle-employees-whose-laptops-get-stolen
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