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March 2012 Posts

Scott Wright on the NBC Today Show?
Wed 7th 2012 @ 7:39 AM

Scott Wright on the NBC Today Show?

Wednesday, March 7th 2012 @ 7:39 AM (not yet rated) post viewed 770 times

Honey Stick Project Phase 2 mobile threat data will be published in a big way on March 8, 2012.

It's hard to believe - a bit surreal, actually. I have been told to expect that NBC will be airing a segment on the key findings of the Honey Stick Project - Phase 2. Hopefully, we can answer some interesting questions around today's human threats to lost mobile devices.

If all goes well, it will air on March 8, 2012 between 7am and 10am Eastern time. There will also be other interesting results released soon.

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ScottWright said on Thursday, March 8th 2012 @ 8:24 AM:

So, the Today Show feature aired in the 7:00am hour this morning. It did a really good job of condensing the findings.

Here's a link to the textual report from the Today Show. It provides a bit more detail on the study.

http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/08/10595092-exclusive-the-lost-cell-phone-project-and-the-dark-things-it-says-about-us

The primary messages I wanted to emphasize as a result of this study are:

All businesses should have a solid policy on securing mobile-accessible data
Everyone should have strong passwords on their smartphones
Everyone should use appropriate technical safeguards that can lock or wipe data when a smartphone goes missing (tracking helps to find it, but isn't going to protect the data)
Everyone who carries a smartphone that accesses corporate information should be educated on their organization's security policies, and should be taught best practices for protecting mobile-accessible information

I also want to acknowledge and thank Symantec for driving this important research initiative. They were great to work with.

- Scott