Mobile Data Security Remains Corporate Headache
[author:zyk06 Public time:Sep 17, 2007] |
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Chief information officers are increasingly concerned about the loss of vital company data held on mobile devices, but very few have the systems in place to either control or track that data.
Market research company Colman Parkes reported 78 percent of respondents were concerned about data security yet found 88 percent of organisations do not track all the information that is kept on mobile devices.
This failure could leave them vulnerable under data protection and other compliance legislation in the event of the loss or theft of mobile devices.
The survey, of 200 CIOs in the U.K., U.S. and Europe found that 6 percent reported that mobile loss or misuse had led to sensitive company data being leaked. In the U.K. the figure was higher, with 10 percent of organisations admitted the loss of sensitive data.
More than half of companies questioned said they feared that data leaks will increase over the next five years. Some 68 percent of companies said one of the major issues is not just the security of the data stored on the device, but the security of device access into corporate networks.
Most also expected the cost of complying with data security regulations would rise in line with the risk. Some 84 percent of respondents expected that the cost of complying with regulations will increase with the proliferation of mobile devices and their capacity to store more critical data.
It is not just data that is eluding IT departments. The survey revealed that two out of five organisations could not track all the mobile devices they issue to particular employees.
With over 60,000 phones lost or stolen every month in the U.K. alone, the number of companies really affected by data loss is likely to be higher.
Author: Joe Davis
Source: http://www.pcworld.com/
Printed From:http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200709/1190024040.html
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