Resources for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Mobile security Part 2: Mitigating mobile security threats

searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au

In this mobile security guide, we explore the security risks of mobile devices and provide some best practices to help you protect your corporate assets and your users against data loss, network compromise and threats.

YESTERDAY: Areas of mobile security risk

Talk about mobile security around CIOs and IT managers, and three issues will consistently raise heads: network compromise, data loss and regulatory noncompliance. Mention mobile hardware and software's ability to exacerbate these risks, and watch the powder keg light.

According to the 2006 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, financial losses related to laptops and mobile hardware ranked third among the costliest security snafus.

Losses from laptop or mobile hardware theft alone increased from US$19,562 per respondent in 2005 to US$30,057 per respondent in 2006, according to the CSI/FBI Survey.

View the Resource

Share or bookmarklet this web page at: