Ben made good use of the flight time. First of all, he copied all of his contacts as well as a careful selection of his data files from his main laptop onto the stick and then transferred this information onto the new laptop. He then set up data encryption and access security onto the new machine and completed his task by formatting and then destroying the memory stick. As he was expected to arrive at the house having returned from a business trip, carrying the laptop would reinforce his story. Although he had all his important data protected, there was far too much information on his original computer that Ben could not risk anyone else being able to access, and he knew he would be unable to guard the machine at all times. He"d therefore taken the decision to buy the extra machine because
