iPods for data theft?

According to a new endpoint security survey from Portland-based Centennial Software, 91 percent of businesses believe portable storage devices (iPods, USB memory sticks, etc.) continue to pose a large security risk to corporate and network integrity. However, only one third of companies polled have taken steps to address this problem: 66 percent of businesses have yet to implement a solution to prevent the unauthorized use of portable storage devices on the corporate network. Research also showed that 75 percent of those surveyed identified data theft as the primary risk associated with portable storage device usage at work, followed by virus propagation and productivity declines.

Next time you see an employee walk out the door with his/her iPod in tow, you shouldn't be thinking about the latest Pearl Jam album, but instead, your customer database.

-posted by Justin