Is Telecommuting a Security Problem?

SlashDot has a post discussing the possible security risks posed by telecommuters.

To me, the real problem is not telecommuting, but rather taking millions of live data rows off site. If you need to work with live data, a VPN connection will generally get you to the data, and generally fast enough to do your work. Failing that, there are now arriving tools to create test data that matches your data in terms of general distribution and content, but does not reveal any real information. Micorosoft's new Visual Studio for Database Professionals is one example.

The problem is especially accute when the data is loaded on portable equipment, such as a laptop. I expect that it is less likely that someone would come donw to my office and pull out the 35 pound desktop computers rather than the 8 pound laptop. Of course, even on the desktop, such data would not be secure...

Posted by Douglas Reilly at 11:22 AM  Permalink