Saturday, July 12, 2003
Unsecured Handhelds a Risk to Businesses and Individuals
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 11:00 AM
"Though personal handhelds have long been used in offices, a recent survey shows that a large majority of them contain a significant amount of business-related information. What makes IT managers break out into a cold sweat is the thought that most handheld users simply do not secure the information on their device, despite numerous applications being available to do this.
The second annual PDA Usage Survey, which was conducted in the U.K. for Pointsec Mobile Technologies by Infosecurity Europe and Computer Weekly, revealed that 85% of handheld users keep company-related events on their handheld's calendar. And 80% keep business names and addresses in it. This is a higher percentage than enter their friends and family into their handheld's address book."
The second annual PDA Usage Survey, which was conducted in the U.K. for Pointsec Mobile Technologies by Infosecurity Europe and Computer Weekly, revealed that 85% of handheld users keep company-related events on their handheld's calendar. And 80% keep business names and addresses in it. This is a higher percentage than enter their friends and family into their handheld's address book."
