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Mobile lock-down

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:01:38 -0400

When devices go wandering around in the big, wide world your data goes wandering with them. Keeping wireless devices usable means keeping data safe. There are a series of steps that you can use to keep people you don't know from looking at your most sensitive information. The basic steps are:

Know what to secure
If in doubt, encrypt
Policy perfection
Train users
Make it easy

Five simple steps to a more secure wireless device policy--and to a wireless deployment that won't leave your organization more vulnerable to information loss.

For more details on the steps to lock-down mobile devices:
- Read the full article at Network World

Niches strong for wireless apps

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:01:36 -0400

Wireless applications are being adopted at a rapid pace by healthcare and government agencies as they scramble to keep pace with the increasing demands that stem from growing populations and exploding regulatory and economic requirements. The major reason for the move to wireless is the need for workers to move away from their desks as they carry their work into the field. The growth of wireless applications brings exciting possibilities and significant challenges in terms of security and management of the data and network access that will be wandering around in the big, dangerous world.

For more on wireless growth:
- read the article at InformationWeek

How to secure wireless devices and end points

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:01:38 -0500

There's one thing no company wants to find out--that a slew of laptops have gone missing with vulnerable data and corporate information in the wrong hands. Companies whose workers carry data to and from the enterprise, whether it be home or on the road, don't want the calls alerting them that the files have gone missing. Those scenarios are happening every day, with a number of them making headlines. That's why enterprises are rewriting mobile device security policies, using more than one type of security approach and encrypting more than just files on a device. One company encrypts where data is backed up and stored, another has pulled in a tool that detects when an unauthorized CD-ROM is put into a laptop. Another is securing any data put on USB storage devices and enacting a policy regarding the use of flash drives employees are bringing in without IT's ok. Each strategy illustrates the various approaches needed to make sure that mobile data doesn't go wandering off. Here's a great article that explains to users why laptop security is part of their job responsibilities and how it can help them avoid making that dreaded call to the IT department. Article