Desktop Security

_A FILMMAKER’S COMPUTER IS AN INVALUABLE ASSET. It is a host for footage, contacts, and schedules, among other critical pieces of data. Sometimes these devices follow us into the field, where they are most vulnerable. With the stakes this high, these multi-purpose devices require additional care to keep the data contained on them private and secure.

READ ON FOR YOUR DESKTOP SECURITY STRATEGY:

01: Harden your computer

Ed Ou, on the tradeoffs of creating backup copies of sensitive footage

“You think to yourself, I should keep my backup drive on me, in case something happens, but if I have all my assets on me what if I get arrested? If I give my hard drive to a friend what if they get arrested? I would say no matter what you’re always getting someone into trouble. But at the same time, the worst thing you can do is to have such a fatalist viewpoint, like, we’re screwed anyway so we might as well not even try.”

Strategy 01

Harden your computer

_WHILE THERE IS NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SOLUTION to computer security, there are basic practices that everyone should follow to keep their computers as secure as possible, and the exploits at bay.

We'll cover these core practices in device security in the following sections: