In a classic case of shutting the door after the horse has bolted Whitehall has banned any PDAs that carry personal data that is not encrypted. The move is as a direct result of the spate of data losses that have been making the news over the last few months. Not all PDAs are banned however, BlackBerrys that are running on version 4.0 of the software have been CESG approved and so can continue to be used. This is great news for those BlackBerry touting agencies but not for those that have gone down the Windows Mobile/Palm or Nokia routes.

It is possible to encrypt data on mobile devices through third party tools such as Credant but that put an additional stress on the device itself and also means that the IT team have to install and support the component. Surely a better approach is not to have any data on the device at all? AppSwing have long been advocating this approach with our mobile platform. Taking this approach is the ONLY way of being absolutely certain your data is safe.

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