iPod Named As Security Risk
02.08.07 - 09:41am
The RSA Conference, where business security is the main topic, is currently being held in San Francisco. While Bill Gates spoke on the new security features in Vista, it has not been the hackers breaking into computers, but rather the travel of information from person to person, that has been the most talked about issue.
Sensitive documents are sometimes left by the copy machine, confidential information is sent in e-mails unsecured over the web, high-security papers are left unshredded and often information is downloaded onto laptops, iPods, CD-roms, and USB memory cards, for further late night work at home. Sometimes when this happens sensitive materials will be lost on the subway, slip out of a purse or be accidentally left on a park bench.
Joseph Ansanelli, Vontu Chairman and CEO said “We live in a world that’s completely wide-open, and it’s really, really easy for people either to transmit information, tons of information over email, or even take millions of records on their iPod and walk out the front door.”
