Do You Have a Mobile Blindspot?
Written by Evan SchumanNovember 20th, 2008
The further employees get from corporate, and from corporate networks, the more likely they are to do things with their computers that security managers would rather they didn't. Envision buyers or sales people in hotel rooms late at night trying to kill time. Could these people be doing things (e.g., downloading malware) that could bring down your company?
If they are not connected to the corporate network (and even if they are), you may not know about it until it's too late and the malware has already propagated throughout your network.
If they are not connected to the corporate network (and even if they are), you may not know about it until it's too late and the malware has already propagated throughout your network.
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