There have been some interesting discussions taking place in the security community on issues associated with smart phones. In security nirvana, smart phones would just be seen as another network device that is on the network and would be treated accordingly; that is, it would follow the same security guidelines as other network aware devices. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

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Encryption has gotten a bum rap for years in the industry. It is too hard. It is too slow. I will lose all my data. I have nothing to hide. I can’t see what my employees are doing. Bunk.

It is time to start encrypting; and not just encrypting in the business world, but it is time to encrypt your home machine too. Sure encryption can cause issues, but as anyone familiar with computers can attest, turning on a computer can cause issues. Planning is the key to minimizing the impact of introducing encryption into your corporate network.

The typical home user gets their new computer home and has the cable guy come out and hook them up to the internet. They are amazed at how fast their new machine can get stuff from the web. What they don’t know is that the bad guys are looking for them. Automated scripts are constantly searching the internet for new machines to come online, and exploit them. I did an experiment once where I took a new Windows XP machine right out of the box and plugged it directly into the internet.