[vox_freedom]

The data on the laptop was NOT as SECURE as the best commercial encryption. From what is known to date, the data itself was not encrypted, and the laptop password could be compromised quite easily.
161,000 employee names coupled with social security numbers along with personal banking specifics deserve better security than being placed on a portable laptop. I'd be quite interested in knowing the title/level of the employee who was entrusted with this data or perhaps he/she was merely a HR consultant. So far, Boeing is being quite closed about the entire situation and defensive as they probably ought to be given potential disclosure of this employee information and the harm that could occur.

[js1138]

I was asking about what is possible. It seems irresponsible not to password protect sensitive data on laptop. My understanding is that laptop drives have a built in protection that is difficult to break, if it is used.