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DP06 Protecting Devices

 

Emails aren’t the only way a data breach can happen. We could also lose our work devices. 

 

In England and Wales, over 300,000 people a year are thought to be victims of phone theft.

 

Many of these are work phones, stolen in such a way that the thief could see the data. This would be a severe data breach.

 

 

The same is true of other devices, from work computers to laptops.

 

Any device can be stolen or misplaced. The question is, would a thief be able to access what’s on there?