A New Zealand man recently purchased an MP3 player from a thrift shop in Oklahoma City. The story isn’t exactly newsworthy – until you read that this MP3 player contained U.S. military files. Sure most of the information was from a few years ago (2005), but I’m guessing the military didn’t exactly want this information out in the open. The man has since returned the MP3 player to U.S. officials.
Personal portable media is an increasing security risk for more than just the military. Corporations should think long and hard about allowing their employees to hook up their iPods, USB keys, or other devices to the company network. Data can walk out the door without a second thought.
Read more on the story from the Associated Press (via Yahoo!) here.
Prof D’Elia … I came across this the other day and found it interesting.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/sonnenschein-nath-rosenthal.html?sr=hotnews