With so much business now being conducted using mobile devices from notebooks to tablets and smartphones, it’s important for businesses of all sizes to widen their view when it comes to properly managing and protecting information.
AVG Australia warns that many companies don’t have policies governing how employees use their own mobile devices that can be connected to the company’s network.
Steps to close this potential security threat include disabeling the ability for employees to sync their devices with company computers and the installation of mobile security software on on these devices.
As a follow up, AVG’s small business security guide is worth a read.