Data Storage Security for PDAs 

The mobile client data stored in your PDA can contain company confidential information, and this information needs to be protected against misuse. You have to protect your PDA against theft, unauthorized access and viruses. The following guidelines help secure the data in your PDA:

·        Safeguard against theft of device

This is the first level of security that you can provide to your PDA.

·        Activate password protection and encryption on your PDA

We recommend that you use the security features that come along with PDAs. The PDA vendor provides password protection and encryption software. If not, you can use third-party encryption software for your device security.

When data on a PDA is encrypted, any access to the data involves decrypting the data and encrypting it again when it is changed. So, the use of encryption results in a loss of performance.

·        Store data in a removable memory device

You can store the client-related information in a separate memory card, and safeguard the memory card. In this case, theft of your PDA does not compromise the data on memory card (provided the memory card is not in the PDA when the device is stolen). For further protection, you can encrypt the data on the memory device.

●      Install and run anti-virus software on your PDA

You must install and run trusted anti-virus software on your PDA. The virus definitions on the PDA must be updated regularly.