Smartphone theft, loss outweighs malware risk, McAfee report finds

Smartphone theft or loss is a big security threat for IT professionals who deal with multiple smartphone platforms, ineffective security policies and the overwhelming desire of end users to connect to the company network with one device.

Four in 10 organizations have had mobile devices lost or stolen, and half of those lost or stolen devices contained business-critical data, according to a smartphone security study undertaken by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. The report, commissioned by McAfee Inc., outlined the results of a survey of 1,500 people from 14 countries, administered by research firm Vanson Bourne.
This is a global survey done; in realising this we will see that this is when we would require offsite data backup and recovery. Here in Zimbabwe we find huge corporates like Econet, Netone, mines like Zimplats, Mbada, Renco, who use the almost up to date technology to run their businesses at this new risk, also with the level of viruses running through the new OS’ company information is at risk of either being lost otherwise used for the wrong reasons by the black hackers.

I would encourage these people to adopt the Juniper software Junos Mobile Security Suite which might help mainly on device encryption, remote backup and disaster recovery. This is very exciting and having the opportunity to test it using the Blackberry; it is worth the amount it calls for as an investment in Smartphone security. In the love and passion for technology, go out and get safe.

Ant Like Anti-Virus under the Miscroscope

There is a new anti-virus currently under test, this application will not be scanning your computer at real-time only but, running all over your network looking for threats. You might notice the common trojan and worm sometimes cannot be traced by our anti-virus (especially the one that replicates folders over the network).

In its launch, I'll definitely share it with you here.

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