March 24, 2009

Employees see work laptops as personal property

by David Masters
Work laptops and mobile phones are increasingly being treated as personal property outside the office, potentially exposing businesses to security threats. A survey by Vodafone found that nearly half of business people use their work laptop to access the internet outside the office, whilst a similar number considered their work issued laptops or mobile devices as their own property whilst away from the office. Seven in ten (68%) said using a work-supplied ...