Mobile devices can cause loss to Information Security

The company Of british Of telecom declared about the fact that according to the results of the study, carried out together by the center of a study of information systems and security systems of company BT (BT Of centre of for Of information and Security Of systems Of research), by the university Of [glamorgana] in Wales and by the university of Edith [Kouan] in Australia, significant number of portable communication line devices, used, reaching the new owner, still contain confidential corporate and personal information.

In the course of a study were studied more than 160 used mobile devices, purchased at the online auctions, in suppliers, who are occupied by the second-hand devices, and it is also obtained from other sources. The part of the devices was endowed for the project by the company SIMS Of lifecycle Of services.

A study showed that in many communicators is contained the most different information, including data on the wage, the financial indices of companies, number of bank calculations, the not being subject to divulging business- plans, the protocols of the conferences of boards of directors and personal medical information. Furthermore, 23% of percent of the cell phones participating in a study, contained personal information in the volume, sufficient in order to identify the previous owner of telephone and the name of his employer.