| As smartphones outnumber dumb ones, protection is key
With news that Smartphones now outnumber feature phones in Canada, there are serious implications for businesses on how to adjust their strategies both inside and out. "We found a way to partition the memory card in the device to allow one side to be corporate and one side to remain personal," said Terry Cutler, the chief technology officer of Digital Locksmiths. That's where companies Montreal's Digital Locksmiths comes in. Cutler explained that if someone has personal information on a corporate tablet, and they then lose the device, it could become a privacy issue for the company to wipe the memory clean, which could delete photos of a family vacation. Why should people care about tablet or smartphone security? Well, mobile devices are speedily becoming the next playground for hackers, malware, bots, and viruses. "The multi-device support for IT departments is becoming very important," Napier said. The application is also smart enough to know if a person has logged on to free (unsecured) Wi-Fi network at a Starbucks, for example, where corporate information could be at risk. The company, which has recently secured a partnership with Orange Business Services- an offshoot of the European cellular provider - installs a software that allows workplace proprietary information to be locked away from personal information. Most importantly, however, is to make sure everything you want to save is backed up on at least one other device. If you're a regular smartphone or tablet user, should you be worried about security? Only if you have potentially sensitive information stored on your device. However, a friend recently lost her Blackberry, and hundreds of pictures of friends will never be recovered. |
Wednesday 25 April 2012
As smartphones outnumber dumb ones, protection is key
