How to secure wireless devices and end points

There's one thing no company wants to find out--that a slew of laptops have gone missing with vulnerable data and corporate information in the wrong hands. Companies whose workers carry data to and from the enterprise, whether it be home or on the road, don't want the calls alerting them that the files have gone missing. Those scenarios are happening every day, with a number of them making headlines. That's why enterprises are rewriting mobile device security policies, using more than one type of security approach and encrypting more than just files on a device. One company encrypts where data is backed up and stored, another has pulled in a tool that detects when an unauthorized CD-ROM is put into a laptop. Another is securing any data put on USB storage devices and enacting a policy regarding the use of flash drives employees are bringing in without IT's ok. Each strategy illustrates the various approaches needed to make sure that mobile data doesn't go wandering off. Here's a great article that explains to users why laptop security is part of their job responsibilities and how it can help them avoid making that dreaded call to the IT department. Article