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Encrypting mobile devices: A best practice no one
uses
By: Shamus McGillicuddy, News Writer
Experts say encryption is the best way to protect sensitive data
on laptops and other mobile devices. Most IT organizations say they
know this. So why do so few companies actually do it?
"I'm concerned that a great number of companies are still not
protecting their data," said John Girard, vice president and
distinguished analyst at Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc. "The
sales of [encryption] products over the last number of years are
still a small fraction of the laptops and mobile devices out
there."
Credant Technologies Inc., an Addison, Texas-based vendor of
mobile encryption technology, recently surveyed 426 IT
professionals worldwide. Eight-eight percent said they know large
amounts of sensitive data are sitting on their employees' mobile
devices. Seventy-two percent said the best way to protect that data
is through encryption. But only 20% said they have actually
deployed encryption on those devices.
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