Almost a third of employees regularly breach enterprise mobile management policies by using personal smartphones for work purposes, according to a report.
The survey of 1,100 mobile workers by iPass, a provider of enterprise mobility services, found 22% of employees breached their employers’ strict smartphone policies when using non-managed personal smartphones to access corporate information, putting data at a security risk.
“Un-provisioned smartphones are a significant risk to enterprises,” said Steven Wastie, senior vice-president marketing and product management at iPass. “20% of these mobile employees have experienced a relevant security issue with their smartphone containing business data lost, stolen, infected or hacked.” (more)
Here at Kevin’s Security Scrapbook I have been watching the development of drones for years. These are my two personal favorites: Do It Yourself Sky Spies – The Draganflyer and
“MAV” The Scariest SiFi Movie You’ll See this Year.
If you followed the Scrapbook, you already knew where this is going.
Time for an official FutureWatch prediction… Private Investigators will start selling off all the old TSCM gadgets they bought which never turned a profit to invest in a drone. Although the applications will be limited (by practicality and law), drones will offer solutions to previously unsolvable problems.
Early adopters will easily recoup their investments and turn a profit via rental of the drone for special assignments, and/or selling the photos/video at a premium price. In fact, having a drone should bring in previously unattainable assignments.
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This is a window of opportunity. It may take up to ten years for new laws (and FAA regulations) protecting public safety and privacy to catch up.
…via The Wall Street Journal…
Personal drones aren’t yet plying U.S. flyways. But an arms race is building among people looking to track celebrities, unfaithful lovers or even wildlife. Some organizations would like them for emergency operations in areas hit by natural disasters. Several efforts to develop personal drones are scheduled for completion in the next year.
“If the Israelis can use them to find terrorists, certainly a husband is going to be able to track a wife who goes out at 11 o’clock at night and follow her,” said New York divorce lawyer Raoul Felder. (more)
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| The AR.Drone, an iPhone-controlled helicopter powered by four separate blades |
Can’t wait?
Check out what’s available now!
A.R. Drone (specs) (video)
AERYON Labs (specs) (video)
And many more.
