DATA ENCRYPTION: WHO? WHAT? WHY?

If you asked someone "What do you think Data Encryption mean?" You'd probably get a vague answer that is mostly correct, with many movies cited as examples.

If your company, or for that matter if you personally, use a laptop that has logins, passwords, income tax returns, discrete company info, etc. There is NO excuse not to have that data encrypted, and there is wide variety of companies that sell software that will do everything from, encrypt certain files, all files, or even go as far as formatting the hard drive if someone tries your login password more than X number of attempts. Past stories involve NASA losing a laptop which had controls for the space station! Here's another reminder (from a year ago no less) found on CW (Computer World) HERE.