Many of the business folks I’ve talked to in the past year or two are increasingly using text messaging more while doing their business. And they are using their business cell phones more for sending personal text messages.
A few weeks ago I wrote about how sending text messages got the mayor of Detroit in big trouble.
Here’s one more compelling reason to think twice about the text messages you send; whether from your business phone or personal phone:
“Cell Phone Spy Extracts Deleted Texts, Data”
Reportedly this only works on phones with SIM cards, but I imagine a similar tool will not be far down the road.
Always remember, once you send an electronic message, it will in all possibility exist for the eternity of all the hardware that ever housed it.
Tags: awareness and training, Information Security, IT compliance, messaging security, policies and procedures, risk management, security awareness, security training, SIM cards