5 Ways to Protect Data on Your Mobile Device - Small Business Computing

5 Ways to Protect Data on Your Mobile Device

Written By
Paul Mah
Paul Mah
Mar 7, 2012
1 minute read

The anxiety that comes from losing your mobile phone connection — or the phone itself — is common enough these days that there’s a name for the phenomenon: mobophobia. That stress is bad enough, but it’s nothing compared to losing the device and losing your mobile data, too. You can easily replace the mobile device – but you can’t get your data back. Our colleagues at ITBE put together a slide show of five action steps you can take right now to protect your mobile device data from loss or theft.

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