More complaints about the iPhone (from other people this time)

As anybody who knows me will tell you right away, I abhor the iPhone (cf. my previous post). Now it has emerged that security professionals rank the iPhone as the "worst workplace risk." Essentially all "smartphones" are a risk in a secure environment, however some are more so than others. The iPhone came 1st with 57%, followed by the Android phones at 39%, BlackBerry at 28% and Nokia Symbian smartphones in last with 13%. (Please note these figures are straight from the article and I am not exactly sure how the

Apple's constant "bare-minimum" approach to security is what has landed them in this position. This philosophy of "just enough security to keep us afloat" is actually the worst idea ever. Throughout its relatively brief history, Information Security professionals have realised one thing very quickly: The weakest get attacked the most.

Its simple, if your system is constantly being attacked, you should then upgrade your security. This means, if you did it right, there is now somebody who is less secure than you are. No prizes for guessing who the most attacked person is. Theoretically, by being the least secure and then upgrade should eventually push everybody up to a decent threshold level of security and the world would be a better place. Of course, not every sees it that way or don't care.

As far as I am concerned, all mobile devices should not be allowed to enter a secure environment. There is a plethora of possible security risks involved there (which I will cover in another post). As it says in the end some companies are discouraging or even banning iPhones in the workplace. It's a start, but I think that all smartphones should be discouraged or banned. Just in case people are thinking I don't like smartphones, I own a smartphone. Even so they are still a security risk.