Are smart phones putting your network at risk? Watch our video for some timely expert advice.
There was a time in the 1990s when IT security was easy to the point of not being needed; sure there were big servers in cold rooms but apart from that few people used computers and hacking was what First Division footballers did to each other.
But then things got tougher for IT security. The changes trickled through slowly at first with the increased use of computers running on private networks; then along came the internet and the IT Director had another threat to security. Laptops and the desire to work from multiple places increased the flow and every time one breach was plugged, another seemed to appear. Hackers got smarter, as did phones, and suddenly people had the internet, unknown applications, different operating systems and social media on their literal and virtual desktops.
The IT Director, already under pressure to do more with less, is now frantically running around trying to plug the gaps that are appearing as well as predicting where the next breach is going to be. And it’s only going to get tougher as Bring Your Own Computer becomes increasingly popular (with bean counters predominantly) and the cloud seems to have a silver lining that solves many IT problems but is perhaps going to create others.
Things were easy for the apocryphal little Dutch boy – there was only a trickle of water through one digit-sized hole. By contrast the IT Director has to plug multiple holes, each of which has the potential to become a flood at any time. But, just like for the Dutch boy, help is at hand for the IT Director.
So if you’re concerned that smartphones could put your network at risk (and they definitely could) then watch this video for some timely expert advice. You may not save your town, but you could save your organisation.
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