Employees are more mobile than ever before, thanks to wireless connectivity, cell phones, and greater broadband access. With freedom, however, comes the need for caution. It's a tremendous boost for productivity if an employee can file a report or do Internet research while camped out in a Starbucks on a Sunday morning. But there's also a potential for security breaches. Although major hotspots like coffee shop chains, and hotzones like university campuses, employ crackerjack security methods for their wireless access, that doesn't mean every access area is a safe one. Smaller java joints or other hotspot locations may suffer from poor technology management and sloppy access control. If a laptop isn't configured appropriately, that could mean trouble for more than the employee; it puts an entire company at risk.
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