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A laptop left behind in a taxi looks, at first, like nothing more than a lost device. But if its disk is not encrypted, that simple mistake becomes a full data breach, with the same legal and reputati

Nov 4 · 3 min read · securityland.hashnode.dev  
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Founder of Security Land and CEO of PRS, with 25+ years in ICT. I write practical, no-hype analysis of the latest vulnerabilities, zero-days and incidents — and what security and infrastructure teams should actually do next. Focus areas: network security, DLP, encryption/HSM, identity and threat intelligence. More at symantecland.com

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