who's fave five are you in?

I don't know why, but that catch phrase from T-mobile ...

I was talking to some corporate consultants the other day about risks in the enterprise, I could tell they were pretty blase' about security. They had a firewall. They had an anti-virus tool - I'm sure I sounded like one of Charlie Brown's teachers. wonk wa wonk wah wahh.

So I asked them, do you use a cell phone or pda for business? "of course" - is the data on it protected? "uh..." Do you know that even secure internet traffic isn't secure over wireless?

Then the typical tragedy of this space occured - I brought someone from the happy world of not really knowing about the threats going on, into the panicked world of "aaah! I'm never using the internet again!" I've really got to work out a better way to get action then inducing extreme fear. :)

it's not all bad - just remember all mobile devices could be lost - so any data on them (if you value it!) should be encrypted. Also, unless you've got more saftety on your portable than I know about, don't use free, unsecured access. When you do, you've brought your entire laptop or phone to that network. As the gentleman in the article above demonstrated, it's pretty easy to access all of the places you access when that happens.

here's another article on phones - and don't be afraid, it's not all bad
Users fear for mobile security