Computing has moved out of the cubicle and is mobile. Devices are increasingly small, power packed and conveniently mobile. The desktop has shrunk into a handheld smartphone or an iPad wannabe tablet PC. These devices provide the user with the power to stay in touch and on top of everything in the organization, globally, from any (internal or external) location.
A few data breaches reported in the month of May 2010 by datalossdb.org are: 61000 medical records lost in a stolen Laptop belonging to Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center; wrong emails sent to 50K taxpayers via snail mail by HM revenue and Customs, 5,220 Social Security numbers were on a CD-ROM lost by the City of Charlotte; Bank details exposed by Tralee City Council... and more.
The power of mobile computing brings with it a lot of responsibility for the user to safeguard the device, the data and the connectivity authorizations that may be configured for access. The most common risks in mobile computing are loss or theft of device, followed by acts like shoulder surfing, unauthorized access etc. However, data in a lost device may be of greater value and sensitivity and it is necessary to safeguard this asset too.
Information Rights Management (IRM) technology provides a simple solution for security of data carried on mobile devices. In event of loss or theft of a mobile device, the administrator has to change the access rights for the user and all the documents in that device are rendered inaccessible using military grade encryption. A simple act of changing the user’s access credentials is all that is needed to be done to disable access to protected documents. In addition, the system will capture location information of anyone who is trying to access the document(s) and this information will help law enforcement teams in their investigation and to catch the criminal(s).
Security solutions musty be unobtrusive and must enable the workforce to be able to continue to transact business without being considered disruptive. Executives are aware of the risks of theft and loss of mobile devices, but, in spite of taking adequate precautions such incidents continue to occur frequently. Once the data is secured from unauthorized access using an IRM solution, a major risk is addressed and the mobile workforce can be extended and enabled.
Seclore FileSecure is the leading industry Information Rights Management solution used by leading corporations and in government institutions to secure data and documents at rest, in transmission and when mobile. It allows access rights to be defined for documents and data restricting viewing, printing, editing, copying to defined group or individual policies and more. Visit us at www.seclore.com for more information.
A few data breaches reported in the month of May 2010 by datalossdb.org are: 61000 medical records lost in a stolen Laptop belonging to Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center; wrong emails sent to 50K taxpayers via snail mail by HM revenue and Customs, 5,220 Social Security numbers were on a CD-ROM lost by the City of Charlotte; Bank details exposed by Tralee City Council... and more.
The power of mobile computing brings with it a lot of responsibility for the user to safeguard the device, the data and the connectivity authorizations that may be configured for access. The most common risks in mobile computing are loss or theft of device, followed by acts like shoulder surfing, unauthorized access etc. However, data in a lost device may be of greater value and sensitivity and it is necessary to safeguard this asset too.
Information Rights Management (IRM) technology provides a simple solution for security of data carried on mobile devices. In event of loss or theft of a mobile device, the administrator has to change the access rights for the user and all the documents in that device are rendered inaccessible using military grade encryption. A simple act of changing the user’s access credentials is all that is needed to be done to disable access to protected documents. In addition, the system will capture location information of anyone who is trying to access the document(s) and this information will help law enforcement teams in their investigation and to catch the criminal(s).
Security solutions musty be unobtrusive and must enable the workforce to be able to continue to transact business without being considered disruptive. Executives are aware of the risks of theft and loss of mobile devices, but, in spite of taking adequate precautions such incidents continue to occur frequently. Once the data is secured from unauthorized access using an IRM solution, a major risk is addressed and the mobile workforce can be extended and enabled.
Seclore FileSecure is the leading industry Information Rights Management solution used by leading corporations and in government institutions to secure data and documents at rest, in transmission and when mobile. It allows access rights to be defined for documents and data restricting viewing, printing, editing, copying to defined group or individual policies and more. Visit us at www.seclore.com for more information.
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