You’ve got the Firewalls and Antivirus down pat? Good – but you’re not done yet. You could be more susceptible to bad security than you think. Security in my personal view has always taken the back seat for solo entreprenuers and home business owners. And it’s really no surprise. After all when we start our business we want to make that first million as quickly as possible right? 😉 so our attention shifts. But because of the liquid nature of data today through the Internet and also these ever convenient portable drives including MP3 drives, our data can end up anywhere! Before you think you don’t have any valuable data think again.
Your website backups
Your email list backups (that you promised subscribers to keep safe that includes from prying eyes too)
Your work – there are many people wanting to steal ideas or think what would happen if you lost them?

Here’s an excellent article to help open our eyes how we need to pay more attention what we carry in them and what we allow to be carried in them. Flash Drives: A Double Edged Sword on Small Business Computing.