Theft

A subject steals a corporate laptop belonging to an organization.

A subject steals a corporate mobile phone belonging to an organization.

A subject steals non-digital assets, such as physical documents, belonging to an organization.

A subject steals other digital assets, such as monitors, hard drives, or peripherals, belonging to an organization.

Full Disk Encryption (FDE) involves encrypting all data on a device's hard disk or solid-state drive (SSD), including the Operating System (OS), third party applications and user data. This helps to ensure that data on the disk remains inaccessible if the laptop is lost or stolen, as the data cannot be accessed without the correct decryption key.

Typically a user decrypts a FDE disk during the boot process. The user is prompted to enter a password or provide a hardware token to unlock the encryption key. Only after successful authentication can the disk be decrypted and subsequently the Operating System loaded and the data accessed.