Posts by Arieanna Schweber :

When it comes to your BYOD policy, it’s time to stop thinking about the device and start thinking about the data. As summarized by Absolute Software’s CEO John Livingston for SiliconANGLE, setting up separate policies based on device type (phone, tablet, portable media, laptop, desktop) is both an “inefficient and expensive experience.” A typical employee will use many different device types which can leave IT trying to juggle too many...

The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) for 2011/2012 show that mobile theft affected more than 826,000 people in the 12 month period with teens and youth aged 14-24 more than twice as likely to be victims of mobile theft as other age groups. The full stats, as discussed here, indicate that almost half (46%) of theft from the person and robbery incidents involved theft of a mobile phone, up from 31% in...

As hospitals migrate electronic patient health information (ePHI) from strictly in-house servers to cloud hosting solutions, the safeguarding of protected health information take on added complexity. In order to comply with HIPAA and the Hitech Acts, healthcare organizations need to be aware of the added risks associated with electronic medical records and cloud services. CloudTweaks recently put together a list of the Top 5 HIPAA Security Risks: Theft of...

If a device is at risk, then so is the data it contains. Even if you believe the data is safe, when it comes to regulations and corporate liability, you need to be able to prove it. Absolute Data & Device Security (DDS) customers use the Data Delete Audit Report as the IT response protocol, allowing them to prove the data on a device at risk has been deleted. During the...

In our work successfully recovering over 29,000 lost and stolen devices, we have learned a lot about what it means to RECOVER from device theft. We have learned that recovery is not just about returning a device, but recovering from the loss incident itself. In the enterprise setting, this means addressing security gaps, providing additional employee training, understanding crime trends, reputation management, and even addressing the emotional component of...