Meyer Electronics Systems just recently had a number of laptops stolen out of their office. On these laptops contained sensitive corporate information regarding patents and company strategies. A month after the laptops were stolen, a competing company was found to have just developed products that almost exactly duplicated products that Meyer produces. What could have prevented this information from being stolen from the laptops?

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EFS (Encrypting File System) Encryption could have prevented the information from being accessed by unauthorized users, as it encrypts files on the disk, making them inaccessible without the proper decryption key.

Meyer Electronics Systems Just Recently Had a Number of Laptops