Network Security News

Security isn't just a small set of known actions or rules to follow. Security is the complex solution, being as weak as the weakest factor of it is. Apart from human factor, intranets of many companies may be compromised by users accessing them via iPhones. The Tech Generation daily relates to this in Iphone "is a security threat" - maybe.

The story goes on: companies don't appreciate the security risks that iPhones pose, according to a self interested survey from yes, you've guessed it, a security firm.

DeviceLock said that it has introduced endpoint security support for iPhones and timed the survey with its launch.

The survey, conducted by Vanson Bourne, shows that 65 percent of IT decision makers knew that unauthorised users could access company data using the iPhone, while almost the same percentage said they hadn't taken steps to secure company data.

Worse than that, 40 percent of businesses let staff download data onto removable devices without providing any security at all.

Sacha Chavrin said: "The consumerization of corporate IT is an increasing problem for IT departments The amount of removable and mobile memory enabled devices that employees have on their person...is now quite considerable."

It means that the choice is either to tighten the security measures and thus prevent a large amount of consumers and staff from accessing corporate data, with obvious negative effects, or consider the possible risk of allowing unauthorized access to data not assumed for public access.

Although the rational level of network activity monitoring can at least track such incidents and partially prevent them from happening, the choice between easy access and safety can result in creating situation unlikely acceptable for many customers. iPhone, with most of its innards closed from studying in terms of possibly security flaws, bring additional element of vulnerabilities to all companies offering movile access to their data.

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