Custody & accountability
Who holds what, and how to prove it.
Chain of Custody for Sensitive Equipment: A Practical Guide
When a laptop or drive holds regulated data, 'we think it was wiped' isn't an answer. What a chain of custody record contains, which rules expect one, and where chains usually break.
How to Get Equipment Back from Remote Employees (US, UK and EU)
A remote leaver can't hand a laptop over a desk. Here is a return process that works at a distance (trigger, kit, deadline, inspection, wipe) and what US, UK and EU law says about deductions and data.
Employee Equipment Agreement: What It Should Contain and Why
What belongs in an equipment handover agreement, what makes one enforceable in practice, and why a signature at the moment of handover changes behaviour.
Why Company Equipment Goes Missing: Causes, Costs and Prevention
It's almost never theft. It's a chain of perfectly well-meant handovers where, at some point, nobody was actually responsible. That's a paperwork problem, and paperwork problems have fixes.