Over the past few months during some of my presentations I’ve discussed how easily PII can be stored on mobile storage devices that most business leaders and information security folks often do not think about or overlook. One of those devices is the innocent-looking and seemingly benign MP3 player, such as the cool ipod. You gotta love’em! I know I love mine. However, a couple of times when I talked about how easy it is to store large amounts of company data, including personally identifiable information (PII), onto MP3 players, I got some noticeable snickers and sneers from a few in the audience who apparently thought such an idea was preposterous!
Well, here are a couple of different news articles that demonstrates otherwise; both about the same incident, but each with slightly different information…
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Business Info Fact of the Day: PII Increasingly Stored On MP3 Players
Monday, January 26th, 2009Business Info Fact of the Day: PII Increasingly Stored On MP3 Players
Monday, January 26th, 2009Over the past few months during some of my presentations I’ve discussed how easily PII can be stored on mobile storage devices that most business leaders and information security folks often do not think about or overlook. One of those devices is the innocent-looking and seemingly benign MP3 player, such as the cool ipod. You gotta love’em! I know I love mine. However, a couple of times when I talked about how easy it is to store large amounts of company data, including personally identifiable information (PII), onto MP3 players, I got some noticeable snickers and sneers from a few in the audience who apparently thought such an idea was preposterous!
Well, here are a couple of different news articles that demonstrates otherwise; both about the same incident, but each with slightly different information…
