Surveys show that any large organisation lose between 3-5% of their laptops every year.
Relaying laptop theft stories in the local pub is almost as common-place as people boasting how much their houses have shot-up in price over the last two years. However, with an increasingly mobile workforce, often using privately bought mobile devices, the board and IT departments have to take greater notice of who is carrying what around with them and take a rain check of the damage that could be caused if this information was lost and broadcast to the outside world.
[i]One[/i] You must have a mobile Use policy or ensure that your corporate IT security policy has specific provision for mobile devices and you update it whenever you adopt new hardware categories such as combined PDA/phones.
[i]Two[/i] Take the responsibility of IT security away from the end-user and centrally manage and deploy it.
[i]Three[/i] Invest in a solution which is usable and flexible.
[i]Four[/i] Have a blanket approach to security by owning every mobile device that leaves your office and make access control and encryption mandatory.
[i]Five[/i] Be realistic with passwords
[i]Six[/i] Become a realist