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How To Protect Your Mobile Data

Encrypt data that leaves the office? Yes. The best way to do it? It depends. Here's how to develop a strategy for your organization seeking to secure data on those roaming, mobile devices.

By Galen Gruman

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That lesson is not lost on many CIOs and CSOs. Although laptops have become cheaper and at many companies are the standard PC, Northrop's McKnight says that's a mistake. He's not alone. At eFunds, only 10 percent of users&mdashtypically executives, salespeople and IT staff&mdashget laptops, reducing what needs to be managed, says director of security Jones. To reduce its risk, Baptist Memorial has just a few hundred laptops out of more than 6,000 PCs, notes Goodman. "We've dramatically cut down on the number of laptops and portable devices," says Lincoln Health's Israel.

For those users who really do need laptops, full-disk encryption and management of removable media is an effective way to secure data. Says Israel, "The technology is out there, and it's not that expensive. You just have to use it."? ##

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