Post-Christmas influx of new mobile devices poses enterprise security threat, warns EY

Danny Palmer
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Businesses must ensure BYOD is properly managed, argues Massimo Cotrozzi, director of cyber crime investigations at EY

Businesses must ensure that the many new smartphones and tablets that employees bring to work following the Christmas break are properly secured, otherwise they could be offering computer hackers a...

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