Smallbiztechnology.com: The Next Data Security Panic – Employee Smartphones
This post draws attention to the increasingly important issue of employees using their private smartphones for business-related tasks, with the result that sensitive data may be residing on unprotected devices.
“Well the ‘cat’s out of the bag’ that business professionals are blending their personal lives and their business lives. Sure some people still carry two phones, but most are going to have their favorite smartphone that will carry their favorite gaming apps and photos of their families and connections to their social media accounts.
What can be scary for IT consultants and should be for you are these devices used for sensitive corporate information. It’s absolutely critical that you know what data you are giving access to, on mobile devices, from your corporate network and take steps to ensure your employee’s mobile devices are protected. Any sensitive corporate data they are storing on their smartphones, must be encrypted and protected.”