Employees see work laptops as personal property

I think this is a fair reflection of how we see our work laptops and mobile phones. If you are providing laptops and phones and not providing real-world guidelines and activating system controls, you are putting you data at risk. If you need help finding a balance contact us.

Work laptops and mobile phones are increasingly being treated as personal property outside the office, potentially exposing businesses to security threats.

A survey by Vodafone found that nearly half of business people use their work laptop to access the internet outside the office, whilst a similar number considered their work issued laptops or mobile devices as their own property whilst away from the office. more...