Frost & Sullivan Examines Information Security Risks around Business Critical Data in the Era of Mobile Computing

Frost & Sullivan Examines Information Security Risks around Business Critical Data in the Era of Mobile Computing PR Newswire MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Sept. 18, 2012 - Video white paper identifies the reality of unsecure business documents and how to protect your business from "The Box Syndrome" MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's "bring your own device" (BYOD) business environment makes it easy for employees to access company documents anywhere and anytime using cloud-based document storage. However, ease of access can increase the risk of unauthorized document access. The security challenge is to protect your organization's documents, everywhere they reside, inside your organization's IT infrastructure as well as in the cloud, on USB drives, on smartphones, tablets, and anywhere else a document can reside. The importance of securing business documents is clear because up to 50 percent of all critical information for an organization is found inside of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF's and other types of documents. The sensitive information an organization has in its business documents can have significant implications for a competitive edge, privacy, and regulatory compliance when documents are not secured everywhere, regardless of location. Some CIOs refer to cloud-based storage boxes inside their organizations as "the box syndrome" and they have responded to the challenge by issuing a blanket prohibition on use.