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Accessing emails and corporate data on the go can led to serious data breeches through shoulder surfing
When working on laptops in public places, users are generally unaware of the activity going on in their surroundings, making them vulnerable to curious bystanders, opportunistic criminals or even practiced experts peering over their shoulder to read or record on-screen information. Being the victim of shoulder surfing can make laptop users feel uncomfortable and can impede work productivity if it means shutting down and closing the laptop as a result of being observed.
According to research commissioned by 3M United Kingdom plc in 2007, there is an 80 per cent chance that laptop users have already been a victim. Almost a quarter of UK computer snoopers do it for the opportunity to read people’s business emails and 16 per cent are trying to get a glimpse of someone’s company documents.
The effective management of private, personal and confidential information is an ever increasing concern for international organisations large and small, as factors such as remote working, global t... [ more ]
Third parties introduce many deficiencies exploited by attackers
According to Trustwave's 2010 Global Security Report, the most notable trend of 2009 was the continued existence of attack vectors despite the security industry’s awareness of the associated vulnerabilities for a decade or more. Organizations large and small were found to be moving forward with plans to implement new technology, while leaving basic security threats overlooked in legacy environments and IT systems.
The report analyzes data gathered from nearly 1900 penetration tests and more than 200 security incident and compromise investigations throughout 2009 and provides a business and technical impact analysis. The report was compiled by SpiderLabs, the advanced security team at Trustwave responsible for incident response and forensics, penetration testing, application security and security research.
A recent article in USA Today agrees with these findings, stating, “The vast majority of organizations routinely fail to take simple defensive measures, such as shoring up comm... [ more ]
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