EI in brief

Smartphones big security risk With the wide-scale adoption of smartphones within organisations, a staggering 94 per cent of IT security professionals believe these devices pose more of a security risk to companies than mobile storage devices (88 per cent) and laptops (79 per cent). That’s the stark warning unearthed by Credant Technologies in a survey carried out among 300 senior IT professionals. Over half of the security conscious respondents (56 per cent) confessed to ‘not bothering’ to use a password every time they used their own mobile/smartphone. Credant reports that, unlike corporate laptops, the majority of these rogue devices are personally owned, but they are still being granted access to the corporate network without additional security (91 per cent) or restrictions (81 per cent). Universities will share IT... [read full story]