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Cellular News: Mobile Workers Consider Company Laptops Their Own Property

A study commissioned by Vodafone UK has revealed that people view their work mobiles and laptops differently when out of the office, potentially exposing a business to security threats. Personal use of laptops and mobile devices goes unregulated once out of the office and can lead to a change in behaviour from the employee, following research sampling more than 1,000 business people.

Nearly half of people surveyed possessed a work laptop with internet access that is used regularly outside of work. The findings suggest that business and IT managers need to balance management, security and use of company property outside of working hours with employees’ increasing expectation that personal use of company mobile devices is acceptable in an always on, always contactable world.

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