Protect data when travelling

摘要

The growth of a globetrotting mobile workforce equipped with smart-phones, laptops and other devices is bringing many benefits to organisations, but travelling with IT equipment also presents considerable risks, from loss or theft of equipment/data to problems with security and customs. While most large firms have policies to guard against these risks, they are often ineffectively communicated or enforced. Many smaller companies have little or no protection in place. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at security specialist So-phos, says: "Clearly the risk is not the cost of replacing a stolen laptop or Blackberry mislaid in the back of a Bangkok taxi.