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Enterprises not confident they can protect mobile data traffic


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October 13, 2017 By Ian Barker
 


While companies are becoming increasingly dependent on mobile workers and distributed offices, a new survey reveals that IT staff are not confident they can protect remote workers.
 
The study by distributed gateway platform supplier iboss also finds that senior (CEO, CIO, CISO, and CTO) respondents are more confident in their organizations' ability to secure mobile traffic than more junior IT executives. 56 percent of CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs were not confident they could secure mobile traffic compared to 80 percent of subordinate IT executives
 
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  • Community Guide
  • 5988 replies
  • October 13, 2017
Where is the the team work??? They all should be on the same page and thinking alike....

  • New Voice
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  • October 16, 2017
Best to assume every cell or smart anything is hacked. Remember they come in behind your firewall and ports have no security (except for the well-travelled 100 ports or so) on either UDP or traditional connections. When I analyzed one of my hacks I realized every one of my kids' cell phones were hacked without them knowing it. I went to the police to advise them of this. They laughed. The next time the station was visited - a big sign said - cell phone usage permitted in the lobby. Co-incidence? Perhaps. 
 
If your kids use your internet connection - you are likely guranteed hacked IMO. If they use any internet game, then these can sneak into Macs through specific (unnamed) preferences settings (IMO one big weakness area that Apple is addressing). I caught one cell phone scanning empty ports at my house. So now I give my kids cash and ask them to use their own provider connections while they visit - much much cheaper for me in the long run and makes me a good guy.
 
In investigating this issue almost 2 years ago, I discovered that my brand new router had an inside network password of "password" on a well known inside connection port. This was likely one of the recent router "hardening" fixes. I think that company should require the wearing of a sign - please hack me - while using their products to prevent liability. Beginner think they are safe with a firewall. A router was OK maybe in 2002 for security but not now.
 
Enterprise level IMO must separate data centers and in particular DMZs and not permit cell phones anywhere near them. In banking I would post armed guards. Peronnel should be on camera as the work which audit (a business function) should watch after the work is done, and all cell phones off and with a trained (but dumb looking) security guard who stands with them as they work. Called a honeypot which we always ran and analyzed. An expert and hidden hack can occur in seconds with one or two key strokes.
 
Our company went sarbanes oxley and the 500$ plus consultant was pumping me for information on how to secure social networks on our infrastructure. I got a bad feeling.
 
It is a nasty world out there currently but I think it is getting better as companies start to get serious.

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