Two thirds of businesses don't support the iPhone
submitted by markodonoghue on 14 July 2009
Fewer than a third of IT companies say their businesses are fully geared up to support the iPhone.
Research by Vanson Bourne shows that 65% of those surveyed are concerned about unauthorised users accessing important data if an iPhone is lost of stolen. 64% haven't put security steps in place to protect against threats targeted at the iPhone.
About 52% are concered about downloading apps to the iPhone, while 40% said they are worried about the threat of users downloading company data without the company even knowing.
One in 10 IT decision makers believe that the iPhone is not as good an email tool as the BlackBerry, and they only want to manage one form of device. Some 14% have banned the use of smartphones altogether for work purposes.
I can understand where the negativity is coming from though, it's the 'what if' and what could happen if that important confidential data were to become into someone else's hands. Not only would the company be at risk but your own personal information would be at risk too, if there were any on your phone.
So I guess some easy ways to prevent this from happening to you are; If your phone has passwords you can set, then set them. Also don't flash your phone about in public because you might as well just offer your mobile phone to a stranger and let them keep it. Just be careful and aware of your surroundings.
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Mark O'Donoghue
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