How to Protect Your Laptop From the Regulators

I saw the when people started doing the thing where they expire your passwords or make you change them every 30 days for a system. I was going into an office and one of our software said started doing that. And overnight, you saw a million stickies go on everyone's computer monitor because they're being forced to change from the passwords they know. So this is so stupid. Yeah, I told you that I was going to run because my the thing I feel bad is that so many people are still driven to do the certifications, security certifications. They come out of them and they say, amazing. No, tell me now, how do you protect your laptop? The best way