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THE INCREASING BURDEN OF MOBILE SECURITY
Laptop Security: BE DELIBERATE
Laptops are commonplace today when traveling and so is their theft. But losing the computer often doesn't matter as much as losing the DATA it contains!
- Replacing a stolen laptop: $2,000.
- Violating Legal Data Breach Notification Statutes: Administrative fines up to $500,000.
- The average theft of a laptop costs to a company: $89,000.00
- Number of Citizens Compromised to date for 2008: 2,565,340 data records
- Knowing to protect yourself and your clients... Priceless.
While all computers are vulnerable to physical theft, laptops are particularly vulnerable due to their portability and ease of theft. More importantly, laptops face an extremely vulnerable computing environment where many security gaps exist, the risk of intrusion is high, and security controls are inconsistent and often unenforceable. In addition, government regulations regarding data privacy and file encryption are becoming stricter, and can even result in fines for non-compliance. It is imperative that you manage and protect your sensitive information, rather than leaving the burden of mobile security to chance.
nokVAULT Corp. belives in making it simple for travellers to understand the various laptop data security threats that exist and how nokVAULT File Encryption can give you peace of mind, wherever you travel. You are the first line of defence for your laptop when travelling and its important to consider your risk.
nokVAULT Corp. lists the top 5 vulnerabilities that compromise your data when travelling with a laptop and identify how File Encyption can help safegaurd your digital data.
Top 5 Travel vulnerabilities:
- Physical Laptop Theft
- Losing unencrypted digital data
- Interception of data using unknown foreign networks
- Laptop seizure by border officials
- Increased exposure to Viruses, Malware and Spyware
The FBI reckons laptop theft is the second most-reported computer crime, estimates among industry analysts ranging anywhere from 700,000 to 1 million laptops being stolen each year. Only two percent are ever recovered, although recovery is little help if your valuable data has been exposed.
News of the widespread loss of laptops since 2001 has provided possible hints to explain the boom in identity theft seen these past few years. The revelation of laptop security risks when travelling, together with previously publicized research and the theft of laptops from major high – profile firms illustrates the need for Travellers with laptops to turn to a real solution, such as nokVAULT File Encryption to curb the rate of confidential data being irreversibly used unlawfully.
“With or without government intervention, encryption and passwords should certainly be the first line of defence”
Robert Ellis Smith, Publisher, Privacy Journal, Forbes.com