January 23, 2005
Samsung ups network security
Amid fears of industrial espionage, Samsung is massively upgrading its corporate security, reports JoongAnd Daily.
"The JoongAng Ilbo recently discovered that Samsung Electronics' semiconductor factory in Giheung, Gyeonggi province, has just begun replacing employees' personal computers with network computers: They will no longer have their own hard-disk drives but must log on to the central server.
A worker at Giheung confirmed yesterday that about 30 of 100 computers there have been changed so far. "Computers in the research and development labs are being taken out first," he said.
A network computer allows a person to access the central computer. The user will be able to perform the same functions, but the history of his or her work will be recorded in the main server.
Until the change, Samsung's security measures were based on software; it forbade the usage of portable data-saving devices such as USB drives or other means of data recording such as CD burning, as well as the use of camera phones.
A policy in line with global trends: Hitachi is changing its personal computers to network computers this year and Microsoft already has".
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