I had an employee provide a resignation before I was on site. The employee then unplugged a desktop computer and left the premises with it. The computer contained pricing data, customer data, email communications, login credentials to several important websites, login info to vendor websites.
I filed a police report and the police were able to recover the computer, however the data on the machine was wiped or the drive was replaced.
What should I do?
To help prevent this next time install a kensington lock. If it’s highly sensitive data, 2-factor authentication is important. There are programs that will remotely wipe your hd as well.