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Security experts at Venafi are predicting that some 67,000 mobile phones will be lost or stolen during the Olympics in London. And since many folks know own smartphones, this year’s Games will see the largest-ever risk of corporate and personal data loss with an estimated 214.4 terabytes of potentially sensitive data likely to be lost. Based on the equation 1 MB = 1 book, that’s 214.4 million books in lost data.
In regular times, 50,000 mobile phones are lost or stolen in the London area over any two-week period. During the Olympics, however, the total population in London is expected to swell by a third, leading to an additional 17,000 lost or stolen phones.
As a leader in enterprise key and certificate management (EKCM) solutions, Venafi suggests companies to leverage encryption and digital certificates to ensure proper authentication and data protection…
Aside from making sure they’re never too drunk, regular users can also get a phone insurance. Yeah it costs a lot, but then again – so does a stolen/lost mobile phone.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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