How to physically secure your business hardware

Friday, January 21st, 2011

There seems to be something of a misconception, at the smaller end of the business scale at least, that data security is somehow a terribly complex thing that is also expensive to achieve properly. This myth is no doubt massaged just a little bit by small business consultants with one eye on the invoice.

The truth of the matter is somewhat different, of course, and basic data security is neither difficult nor expensive to achieve. All it takes is a little bit of technical know-how and an awful lot of common sense.

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iPhone still flying off shelves

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Apparently the O2 store just around the corner from PC Pro towers on Oxford Street is having to beef up security after an Applephilic tea-leaf stole eight display models right from their docks. Brave? Undoubtedly. Stupid? Yup.

Quite what anyone would do with a stolen handset is beyond me; they won’t have a contract, for starters, and the IMEI numbers will surely be known, so as soon as you turn one on it will be deactivated.

Time will tell what the new security measures are, but I suspect they will involve no longer leaving expensive handsets sitting on a table near the door.

Just for the record, I picked up an iPhone in the last few days from the 02 store, but I paid cash-money. Honest.