Loss of Company Mobile Devices

Have you ever lost your personal cell phone or had a computer stolen? We all know the content is more important than the device. What happens if a company device or phone is lost or stolen? Many employees are using company phones and laptops with critical information to conduct business everyday outside of the office environment. How does a company secure corporate data on these devices? How do you prevent unauthorized access to data from devices? One lost device could put a companies data into the wrong hands.

Mobile devices create a huge security risk. The reason: For businesses cell phones carry highly sensitive data outside an organization. Unfortunately, approximately 10 percent of laptops, ipads and other mobile devices wind up lost or stolen. And over 95 percent are never recovered. These losses most often occur at airports, hotels, offices, seminars and other similar places.  

So what can be done to prevent this from happening? There are security solutions for your smartphones and tablet computers. They help protect the contents of devices along with other features like enabling safe mobile web browsing, and can assist you if the device is lost or stolen.

Some businesses will put in place locking devices, password protection, encrypt data and remote wipe features to clear a lost or stolen computer or smartphone. Ensuring employees are keeping mobile devices updated with the latest firmware is also important to keep them secure.