EBK ESSENTIALS OF MIS
EBK ESSENTIALS OF MIS
12th Edition
ISBN: 8220101459305
Author: LAUDON
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8.4, Problem 3CQ2

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Problems caused by weakness of smartphone security:

The major problem occurred while the employees use their smartphones to access organizational data. For that action the organization may possible to loss their data. The smartphone users in the organizations are not taking caring about their devices because of their carelessness the data breach may occur within few seconds.

When the employees are using their personal devices inside the organization, it is not possible to control them from downloading software applications. This action may lead to the applications to track critical information from the organization. All smartphones are subject to browser-based malware which takes benefit of vulnerability in all browsers.

  • The intruders can access the mobile content just by plugging the device into computer by using USB connection.
  • Most of the smart phones allow the manufacturers to update the system and security protection options...

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