Which of the following measures would be the BEST deterrent to the theft of corporate information
from a laptop which was left in a hotel room?
A.
Store all data on disks and lock them in an in-room safe
B.
Remove the batteries and power supply from the laptop and store them separately from the
computer
C.
Install a cable lock on the laptop when it is unattended
D.
Encrypt the data on the hard drive
Correct answer is C.
Seeing a cable lock is a deterrent and a preventative control.
Encryping data is only a preventative control. It has nothing to do with deterring. You won’t even know the hard drive is encrypting when trying to steal it…
you need to look at the question from the perspective of “stealing corporate information from a laptop left…” and not stealing the laptop. The laptop was already left in a hotel room. The answer is D.