4.11 Taking action if a smart device is lost
You can lock or initialize any lost smart devices. Loss of a smart device used by your organization might result in confidential information on that smart device being leaked. You need to take action if a smart device is lost.
If a smart device is lost, you can do the following:
- Lock the lost smart device.
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Lock the smart device so that it cannot be used. Apply this method to prevent unauthorized use of the smart device.
Information in the lost smart device is not deleted by simply locking the smart device. It remains possible for a third party to unlock the device and leak information.
- Initialize the lost smart device.
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Initialize the smart device to the factory default settings. When a smart device is initialized, information in the smart device is also deleted. Apply this method in the following cases:
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The smart device has been lost for a certain period of time.
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Prevention of information leakage has the highest priority.
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