CFC Solutions warns companies of complacency towards use of smart phone and tablet devices
Fleet software provider, CFC Solutions, is highlighting the possible security issues surrounding the use of smart phones and tablet devices and is warning that policies should be put in place by companies to control their use and ascertain whether any security software needs to be installed on them.
Neville Briggs, managing director at CFC Solutions, said: “The latest smart phones and tablet devices can be really useful when it comes to increasing employee productivity. They add greatly to the flexibility of the whole concept of the company-car based mobile office.
“However, many of the devices currently being used are bought, owned and operated by the employee and fall outside of any employer security measures. This can present a risk – for example, some smart phone software gathers all kinds of information about the user and this could potentially be misused.”
“Companies should look now to adopt policies that control use of these devices. Each one is different and needs different rules but to ignore the issue is to take a considerable security risk.”
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