Smartphones, tablets and phablets are just too easy to use, with most – if not all – offering to back up data to the cloud as either a default option or via a single click. One of the potential issues is the security of the supplier’s cloud cannot be guaranteed, and it must be remembered availability is just as much a part of security as confidentiality and integrity.
So, what can be done to stop potentially sensitive company data being exported to these supplier clouds?
One approach is to just ignore the problem exists, while another is the simple – and I suspect anticipated – answer of having guards at company premises to remove all personal smartphones, tablets, memory sticks and so on from all staff and visitors. Furthermore, making the IT department ensure any company PC or laptop is heavily locked down to remove the possibility of a cloud connection.
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