You have to go out of your office for a few
minutes. Should you leave your visitor there unattended? Or do
you shut down the computer first? Whoops, that would look like
a deliberate snub. That's a catch-22; you lose either way.
Even worse, have you ever had a computer
stolen? It's not just the cost of the laptop; it's the corporate
information that goes with it. Industrial espionage is a growth
industry. "Be careful out there!"
Pat is working on a particularly sensitive
project. There would be hell-to-pay if word got out before the
deal comes together. So he routinely keeps all sensitive files
on his computer under "Pryvit" protection. He may have
only 3 or 4 current files that are in their normal-access form;
all the rest are privacy-protected. Whenever he leaves his desk,
he clicks a couple of buttons to privatize and stash them. And
he puts the reconstitution file separate from the others. He knows
this way he may end up with multiple copies of some of his working
files. But a database manager alerts him to call up latest copies
only when he resumes work. Periodically he can consolidate archives,
and re-stash the results.
Grace's work is not so sensitive. She simply
runs the program at the end of the day to make selected items
private. The next day with a few clicks, she chooses what will
be needed for the new day, and it is quickly restored.
