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Security Software Updates - 16 Jul 2007 »
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daveinpoway
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Re: Users open holes in company networks

Apparently the Pfizer IT folks didn't have the laptop locked-down to prevent the installation of non-company software. Something tells me this oversight has now been corrected.


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  Home PCs and devices like iPhones connecting to company can create problems for the company, its customers and the user. American Airlines revises iPhone out of its approved list.

Pfizer found out the hard way that telecommuters can also open some costly holes;
An employee's spouse loaded file-sharing software onto her Pfizer laptop at home, creating a security hole that appears to have compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 17,000 current and former Pfizer employees, according to a letter Pfizer sent to state attorneys general on May 30. Pfizer's investigation showed that 15,700 of those employees actually had their data accessed and copied.
More on Pfizer's breach here.

AA and iPhone story here.
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