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Wi-Fi is evolving to the point where it will encompass much more than computers and PDAs; it will involve almost any device enabled to access a network. This means that literally any device could be able to use Wi-Fi. Take ... [full story]

Health Insurance Portability andAccountability Act (HIPPA) [August 21, 1996] Enacted as part of a broad Congressional attempt at incremental healthcare reform. This requires the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to develop standards and requirements for the ... [full story]

Legislates parental consent for use of information about children. This legislation makes it is unlawful for an operator of a Web site or online service directed to children, or any operator who has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal ... [full story]

Designed to promote accuracy, fairness, and privacy of information in the files of every “consumer reporting agency” (CRA). Most CRAs are credit bureaus that gather and sell information about consumers; for example bills are paid on time or if an ... [full story]

Protects the privacy of personal nonpublic information shared by financial institutions with third parties. GLB core privacy provisions address financial institution disclosure policies regarding consumer information, consumer “opt-out rights,” enforcement mechanisms, timing for implementation of regulations promulgated pursuant to GLB, ... [full story]

Mandates the establishment of due-diligence mechanisms to detect and report money laundering transactions. This establishes new privileges of law enforcement and U.S. special services to intercept and obstruct terrorism. Among many other provisions, the Act mandates the establishment of due-diligence ... [full story]

In order better to understand the changing face of the world with respect to privacy concerns, consider the following regulations, which define how privacy has affected mobile devices that carry the confidential information now frequently transmitted across wireless networks. [full story]

As wireless LAN technology is adapted for use by more and more mission- critical applications, the threat of being hacked and losing data through security breaches increases. This chapter describes the evolution of wireless technology and determines how the threat ... [full story]

Wireless PDA devices have really proliferated in the IT community. The applications of these devices are essential to doing business today. In order to effectively access the wealth of information in corporate databases, wireless connectivity from your PDA is a ... [full story]

Wireless PDA devices have the capability of offering a highly portable solution to doing business almost anywhere. PDAs can take advantage of wireless network service providers to acquire wireless service through carriers including GoAmerica, Sprint, and AT&T. GoAmerica Communications GoAmerica ... [full story]

specifications PocketDOS is an IBM PC/XT emulator that works on WindowsCE to emulate an 80186 processor. You are then able to run a majority of applications created for a PC-compatible computer running MS-DOS or Linux. The flexibility of this ... [full story]

Even though Windows CE devices do not have the Intel x86 processors you would normally find in a desktop or laptop computer, they do have the capability to emulate a PC by using PocketDOS. This application set allows you to ... [full story]

One way that a PDA can be an essential diagnostic tool is to convert its operating system to Linux. PocketDOS (http://www.pocketDOS.com) has created a product that allows you to take your handheld or PocketPC and emulate DOS, Linux, and a ... [full story]

Wireless PDAs are not just potential units that can compromise your wireless security; they can also be used as potent diagnostic tools to test the validity of the security on your network. Security vulnerability assessments are often performed ... [full story]

Mobile wireless devices have the same problems with the wired equivalent protocol (WEP) in 802.11b as does any wireless workstation. Security is lacking in WEP-based security keys, especially when the values are kept the same for a period of time. ... [full story]

Hackers look for open conduits into your intranet in an attempt to acquire information on your protected resources. They love wireless networks because WLANs represent a method of gaining access that a corporate wired LAN does not provide directly. With ... [full story]

In today’s geographically dispersed corporate world, mobile staff must have immediate access to updated company information by being constantly plugged into the corporate network. PDAs give employees that flexibility and freedom to do business while on the move, but having ... [full story]

A good means of protecting information on your Palm device is afforded by RSA’s SecurID. This product is a piece of authentication software installed on your Palm computer and used “positively” to identify network and system users prior to their ... [full story]

Another ounce of prevention will keep any unauthorized user from hacking directly into the data files of the device to try to take by force the information contained within your PDA. The best method of making certain that nobody can ... [full story]

How do you effectively make certain that you are doing everything possible to maintain the security of your PDA device? One good method involves building on the access control configuration options defined earlier in this chapter. It is not enough ... [full story]

Privacy regulations are important for wireless PDA users. In all industry sectors, PDAs are essential devices that keep everyone connected wirelessly to the master network. For example, in the healthcare industry alone, it is essential for the doctor to have ... [full story]

Just as security is elemental to your ultimate success in protecting your network, privacy is important to protect the confidentiality of your information and the information of your customers. New privacy regulations are being developed all the time, and these ... [full story]

When it comes to the security within your organization, you create a security and a privacy policy to protect your networked resources; why is it any different to develop a security policy to protect your PDA devices too? All companies ... [full story]

It is easy for a hacker to use the HotSync operation to steal your data, network settings, and passwords. It is just as easy (if not easier) to steal information from your PDA by only having physical access to it ... [full story]

Most PDA users never really take into consideration how vulnerable their mobile device is when left in the sync cradle at the desk or workstation. It is a simple matter for someone to come right into your office or cubicle, ... [full story]

When the PDA is first turned on, the user should automatically be authenticated before using wireless connectivity or functionality. The minute a user gains physical access to your wireless device, he can easily find your network passwords, network settings, and ... [full story]

When you protect your mobile device, it is important for it to ask you immediately for a password before any confidential content is accessible. Wireless operations that retrieve confidential data from your device are vulnerable unless you can lock out ... [full story]

Mobile PDA devices are inherently insecure, a fact easily recognizable from the lack of any realistic security standard. An effective method of ensuring mobile device security is to attempt to build an enforceable mandatory access control system to make certain ... [full story]

How many times have you wirelessly transferred a file or a program from your Palm computer to another? Most people perform this action on a regular basis and never give it a second thought! But have you ever considered how ... [full story]

HotSync operations are wonderful for keeping your PDA up-to-date, but they also leave all the information on your device open to attack. Most sync operations can now occur through either a standard Ethernetenabled docking cradle or a wireless network connection. ... [full story]