April 14, 2006
Can Cell Phones Compromise Your Network?
According to Business Week, simply by carrying a mobile phone, employees may compromise network security. For this post in textually, I've only picked up on the lurking dangers mentioned, but the BW article offers ways to avoid them.
BLUETOOTH PERIL
"Anyone with a Wi-Fi- or Bluetooth-enabled mobile device is potentially a walking, talking network-security risk, as more and more sensitive corporate data are stored on such devices.
LACK OF AWARENESS
Airport terminals are high risk spots. Many check e-mail or work from Bluetooth-enabled devices. Imagine the impact from one Bluetooth device in an airport infected with aggressive mobile malware. That one device could transmit the virus to others within range. Then those would transmit the malware as the users move around the airport and on to their destinations -- and back to their offices. In this scenario, virus propagation begins to look much more like that of airborne human viruses".
Image from HP
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