Further, additional phone closets throughout the facility are either unlocked or without doors altogether. These locations can provide all the access the eavesdropper or information thief needs. Vulnerabilities can be found at any location if one looks long or hard enough. What is important here is to make certain that your vulnerabilities are limited to the greatest extent possible. You do not want to leave an open invitation for a disgruntled employee or your competitors to steal your business secrets or other vital information.
Many executives find themselves working on airplanes during business trips.
The laptop computer has become a handy tool to carry out this task. While most laptop screens are difficult to view from the side, there is nothing to prevent the person seated directly behind you from observing your work. An effective, yet simple, countermeasure is to reduce the size of the font to the point that it is difficult to read beyond the users own sight line. We suggest that when working in a word processing program, a number 6 or 7 font is a safe size. While this may potentially cause the user to create more typographical errors, this secure file can be quickly proofread later while in the privacy of your office or hotel room.