Stories by Vincent Smyth

BYOD Security Alert: Enterprises Are Playing Russian Roulette with Mobile Apps

As businesses roll-out their BYOD strategies, most CIOs and CEOs have no idea that many of the mobile apps allowed to touch corporate systems and data engage in risky behaviours that could compromise data security and policy. This danger was underscored recently when the free iOS Flashlight APP secretly recorded personal user information such as location of phone, details of the owner, etc., and sent it on to advertisers.

Vincent Smyth | 12 Feb | Read more