NetBooks and the surprises they come with
Portable storage device applications and endpoint security solution provider CoSoSys has just risen the red flag regarding Netbooks. As they explain, although treandy gift and excellent PC replacement for all offices, netbooks embed serious threats to corporate and individual security. While their seamless connectivity and increasingly large solid state disks (SSD) or traditional HDD capacities can help everyone of us increase productivity while considerably decreasing the weight we carry around, they are also the perfect means for both intentional and unintentional data breaches.
“Corporate IT departments needs to consider Netbooks as a serious issue when it comes to Endpoint Security and they are advised to take control over them as they enter their networks rather than waiting for the first data breaches to happen. Enforcing Endpoint Security policies with Endpoint Protector allows IT administrators to fully control all ports and data transfers from endpoints, including Netbooks, to any other portable device such as USB Flash Drives or External HDDs to prevent data loss” said Roman Foeckl, CoSoSys CEO.
While the CD or DVD drive is no longer a threat, netbooks come with almost immediate access to any data through wireless networks, USB Ports, SD Card readers and other ports, making it extremely easy for confidential details to be transferred in and out of unsecured networks. And if you run a search through our blog to see how many laptops have been lost, stolen and misplaced in the past, we have to also wonder about how much easier it is to steal or lose a much smaller version.
So take this warning seriously and stay trendy and safe at the same time!
