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Security Tips - courtesy of GISG
Data Security Tip
Let's say you accidentally left a USB Flash drive containing your business data on the train. In that unfortunate situation, what would be your biggest concern (ignoring the replacement cost of the drive):
- losing the only copy of valuable data on the drive? or
- having someone get access to the commercially-sensitive files on the drive?
Both of these problems have an easy solution.
Data on the go
The more mobile the data; the more important it is to have secure, redundant, and up-to-date copies. Remember that data should reside in at least two places at once; always. This goes for flash drives as well as external hard drives, laptops, desktop PC's and servers. If you travel, consider using a VPN or Citrix solution to manage your business files remotely rather than carrying data on laptops and Flash drives.
Data Encryption for ultimate protection
Any mobile data should be encrypted, and using a data encryption tool gives you the piece of mind that your files are safe even if your physical drives fall into the wrong hands. TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) is free, widely supported and practically bulletproof, and with over 6.5 million downloads to date; you can't go wrong. TrueCrypt works on Linux, Mac and Windows, and even can be used for the safe emailing of sensitive files.
Don't risk your business data; as accidents do happen.
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