Much has been said about iPods as security risks – not that they can catch viruses, but that people can carry files on them and bring them into the office. This article suggests that:
iPods pose a particularly high risk to corporations that let employees wander into work with these devices strung to their ears. Those same devices that entertain workers during their commute can be used to copy personal or financial data, intellectual property and other sensitive information from corporate PCs, often without a trace.
Well, this is both true and an exaggeration. iPods are no more of a risk than, say, cellphones that let you store files, or USB key drives, that people commonly use to carry files from home to the office. And there’s always e-mail to send files from the office…
As long as information is digital, there will always be a way to slip it through a crack. It doesn’t seem to make sense to pick on iPods, because they are just one of the many devices that employees may own that they can use to copy files if they want. So keep on listening to your music!
