With notebooks, now a prevalent part of the computing landscape, combined with wireless broadband cards accessing the internet at high speed, why not just allow work to happen anywhere? You just might – if you have a mobile data policy.
Mobile computing is real and it’s ready for primetime. Enforce a policy which handles these potential vulnerabilities of data being stored out of the office:
- Is the new data backed up?
- How will it be synchronized with the office system?
- What happens if the device storing the data is lost?
- Can we erase it (wipe the device) remotely?
If your firm plans to say yes to remote computing, the answers to these questions have to be addressed in your company policy and users need real training to understand how to protect the most important asset your firm doesn't put on the balance sheet - your data.
