Breaching the Human Firewall: Risks and Security in the Mobile Workforce

Posted August 31, 2010 | |

The introduction of inexpensive and powerful mobile technology is creating a fundamental shift in the way enterprises must think about security and privacy. The model of a rigorously controlled corporate network behind a firewall is giving way to a distributed model where many different technologies interact over increasingly porous networks. Not since the introduction of desktop computing and Internet access has there been such a dramatic change in the types of risks facing the modern enterprise.

About The Author
David Lineman
David Lineman is President and CEO of Information Shield, Inc., a global provider of information security and privacy leading practices. Mr. Lineman has 20 years of software, security, and IT management experience, and he holds three patents on software technology. He is a frequent speaker on the topics of information security policy and regulatory compliance. Mr. Lineman has written on technology and security issues for numerous publications… Read More
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