By Matt Hansen
Are data thieves the new pickpockets? Travelers have long been advised to zip their cash into money-belts, lock up their suitcases, and watch out for purse snatchers. Meanwhile, they don't always follow that same advice when it comes to protecting their data, choosing insecure passwords for email accounts, leaving laptops unprotected, and downloading unknown attachments from unfamiliar emails.
Business travelers, especially, are in the cross-hairs. Just think of all the new opportunities would-be thieves have: Meetings once held in person are now streamed via Skype, vital account information is just a password away, and documents can be accessed around the world thanks to a free Google or Dropbox account. All of that comes with an element of risk.
Luckily, just by reading this you've taken a step in the right direction — 91 percent of Americans surveyed by Pew in 2014 said they hadn't taken any precautions to keep their information safer online, despite being concerned about privacy.
So here's a quick primer on a few steps you can take to safeguard your data while traveling. Remember these are just basic principles and that you should do further research and seek assistance when implementing any of these steps.
Don't think it won't happen to you: You don't have to be a top-level executive or have access to proprietary information to be vulnerable.
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