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The use of physical measures (such as locks and tamper-proofing) or policies (such as Clean Desk) in order to protect sensitive information from unauthorized access.

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Why do we lock our computers?

In some places they have a saying: "opportunity makes the thief". All you're doing by screen-locking a computer is making the cost of hacking it just a little bit harder. Security is an economic good …
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How does a clean desk policy provide security benefits?

Trevor Paglen's book about USA Department of Defense secrecy, Blank Spots on the Map, has an illuminating incident. During the Manhattan Project, a Los Alamos physicist got in trouble for leaving an o …
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