There are some simple habits you can adopt that, if performed
consistently, may dramatically reduce the chances that the
information on your computer will be lost or corrupted. How can
you minimize the access other people have to your information?
You may be able to easily identify people who could,
legitimately or not, gain physical access to your
computer—family members, roommates, co-workers, members of a
cleaning crew, and maybe others. Identifying the people who
could gainremote access to your computer becomes much more
difficult. As long as you have a computer and connect it to a
network, you are vulnerable to someone or something else
accessing or corrupting your information; however, you can
develop habits that make it more difficult. - Lock your computer
when you are away from it. Even if you only step away from your
computer for a few minutes, it's enough time for someone else to
destroy or corrupt your information. Locking your computer
prevents another person from being able to simply sit down at