Gad Alexander

The need to protect computing systems at offices or schools or universities has become a critical issue lately as the organizations will equip their work force with but expensive computing systems such as iMac.

What a thing has Apple brought to us in fact a gadget that is ruling the rooster that has given connectivity a new dimension in the form of iPad. The iPad is a computer but in the tablet form implying it will allow you to swipe to a more and better mobile lifestyle. Having done so much work in bringing the new gadget, Apple had ignored to work on the security aspects of it; rather what one can do to protect the iPad from thieves.

In these days of increasing cyber thefts and frauds it is more than a need to have your computer locked up whether it is a personal PC or a laptop used for personal or official purposes. Because if a fraud gets a hand on your machine/s you are on toast; first the fraud would walk off with the system and crack the device at leisure.

Schools and universities have to deal with many security challenges including PC theft and vandalism. Every other day there is some news about schools computers labs being attacked and while most people are of the general belief that vandalism implies physical damage, it is much more than the physical destruction; including fiddling with the operating system/s and manipulating the critical files/folders, and even causing terminals to ill function as well.

To own MAC computer is like owning the most beautiful woman in the town – a prized possession that everyone would envy. Mac has many advantages that people prefer them to ordinary PCs or laptops. For instance, a Mac offers higher sound and superior picture quality than any PC. In fact, lately Macs have become the way to go.

If you have been using a dorm room for sometime, chances are that you or a friend of you might have lost Macbook. The Macbook thefts are a common complaint from dorms and schools. You may be wondering how in spite of using a macbook lock it can be taken away by thieves. Well, not all the mac locks are designed as thief proof devices.

I had had a friend whose G4 Tower was towed away. It was more than a disaster than losing his girl. He lost the data and he had no insurance. He did not have a backup nor did he do anything to see that information in his system did not reach crooks' hands. No wonder it was more than a traumatic experience that my buddy underwent those days.

If you thought that the data in your iMac is safe behind one Windows password or an iMac lock you've got rethink. Because unless you changed the default, anyone can just boot your iMac using a floppy disk or even CD-ROM and wander around your folders and files like a tomb rider.

It is not exaggerating to say that laptops have become an integral part of day-to-day living. They offer so much convenience for being portable computing devices. As they give the connectivity outside of the office, they enable people to carry their work along with them off their offices thus becoming extremely valuable resource for employees as well as employers.

Computers, especially the portable ones such as netbooks and laptops, are highly vulnerable to theft as several businesses use the computing systems while travelling or use them as mobile offices.