You are a desktop support technician for your company. A user named Pierre uses a Windows XP Professional portable computer. The computer contains several confidential files, which are stored on an NTFS partition.
Pierre is concerned that the documents might be accessed by unauthorized individuals if the computer is stolen. You confirm that Pierre has a strong logon password that is changed on a consistent schedule. The computer is also configured to use a password-protected screen saver.
You need to ensure that the files will be protected if the computer is stolen.
What should you instruct Pierre to do?
A.
Encrypt the confidential files by enabling the encryption attribute for each file.
B.
Store the files in a compressed folder.
C.
Place the files in a shared folder located on a company file server. Instruct Pierre to make the shared folder available offline.
D.
Use each file’s application to apply a password to each file.