In the Chapter 8 lectures you learned about threats to corporate networks. Certain government security agencies have extremely tight control over the flow of information into our out of their place of business. This means employees cannot carry laptops, personal devices, or memory into or out of the building. These policies are designed to keep viruses from entering or confidential information from leaving the government agency's network. Control over laptops and portable devices that can be attached to the network is a serious issue for business, government, and universities.
When you see "mobile device" or "personal device" think laptop or iPhone or other smartphone.
Search the internet for information on laptop and mobile device security policies.
Describe the laptop and mobile device use and security policies where you work. Do they provide the appropriate level of security? How would you change the current polices? Provide any relevant references. Note if the only place you work (and/or study) is Dominican University, you can refer to https://jicsweb1.dom.edu/ics/Resources/Offices_-_Departments/IT/Resources/ and
http://jicsweb1.dom.edu/ics/Resources/Offices_-_Departments/IT/
As an alternative, you can use a public internet access location such as a public library or a McDonalds. Only use this alternative if you can explain their policies and how you would change them.
Search the internet for information on laptop security policies.
Assume you were in charge of laptop and mobile device security at a medium size business. Your business is an independent insurance agency with 50 insurance agents and 8 support staff. The 50 agents take laptops to meetings with clients to present marketing materials and to immediately calculate and display Life Insurance Policy Illustrations. The agents also capture potential customer information and coverage requests so they can send the information to the insurance company's home office for premium estimates.
What laptop security polices would you put in place at the insurance agency to protect the information on the laptops and to protect your company's network from malicious code? Many agents want to install Quicken and Turbo Tax so they can use the laptops for personal finance. Would your policies allow them to do this? Provide any relevant references from your internet search.
Finally, the head of the Isurance Agency wants to replace all 50 laptops with iPads. Is this a good idea? Would the iPad solution be more secure or less secure than the current laptop solution.