What are the best security practices for securing sensitive data on PDAs?
As with laptops, the first thing to consider with PDAs is physical security. Make sure to store them safely in your briefcase and keep track of them at all times. PDAs get left in cabs, hotel rooms and offices more often than laptops. Since they’re a lot smaller, and rarely come in carrying cases, they’re a lot easier to forget somewhere. A lost PDA is an invitation to a thief, and if it holds confidential company information or sensitive customer data, it’s even more valuable to a malicious user. PDA security is still evolving; in some ways it resembles laptop security with encryption and lock-out capabilities. If PDAs become more of an attack vector, strategies for securing them will have to change.
