Threats to travel data-the New York Times

"It's a big, big problem for firms and workers and more and more every day," said Bruce McIndoe, President of iJET intelligent risk systems to travel risk management company. "It's a ripe environment for hackers and criminals."

The report issued last week, Symantec Corporation, a provider of software and the Ponemon Institute, security, privacy and information management, research, found that the data breach is declining, and he showed no signs of increasingly more expensive.

"As business travellers, we are on the way, we forget that we are psychologically to the public," said Ben Knieff, Chief of the product on the market for fraud in NICE Actimize, a company that focuses on financial crimes in the financial services sector. Mr. Knieff recalled, as he was boarding and heard Executive speaking aloud to a mobile phone, book a hotel, he let his credit card information, including the security code.

Laptops and mobile devices has many errors, starting with the loss and alienation. McAfee, the company security officer, also noted in a report last month, 46 percent increase in the amount of malware created for mobile devices from 2009 to 2010. If you want to limit the exposure of particularly sensitive information, some companies switch to mobile devices, when employees travel, said Mr. McIndoe. "An older version may be more vulnerable," he said, when the criminals had time to learn it. And criminal access to mobile networks may be easier in some foreign countries, the security measures and corruption.

Michael Malin, Executive Vice President of Mandiant, companies in information security, suggested hide mobile devices when they are unattended. "We've all seen the maids to leave the hotel room door open, and with service trucks," he said. Someone could easily enter into the room and infect a computer or to extract sensitive data, "he said.

"We see the use of social networks to gather publicly available information on the objectives," he added. Upload photos and travel plans can threaten personal safety and sensitive trade negotiations, the experts said.

Publicly shared computers in hotels and Internet cafés "are probably the most risky," said Mr. Knieff. "Someone to walk and sit down," he said.

Even print tickets can be dangerous. "Don't let them publicly or trash cans. Whenever you leave the information about yourself in a public place, creates opportunities, "said Mr. Knieff.

Debit card skimming is also growing rapidly data, in particular in Europe and parts of Asia, said Mr Knieff. Recommended that passengers report their plans to the Bank. When you use the a.t.m., passengers should look for signs of manipulation and machines only in banks, preferably in protected areas.

"I often travel to Southeast Asia, and you'll hear about how it is a hotbed for credit card fraud," said Bryndon Bay, President of Mel Bay publications, music publishing, in the Pacific, MO., relies on its iPad and iPhone on the road. Both are locked and protected with secure passwords. "Never go to places where I have to enter the following numbers, credit card information or any personal information," he said, "and I always clear from the history, after the completion of don't believe because who can continue after me."

"I just feel to use common sense and it works for me," said Mr. Bay.

Robert Hamilton, senior product marketing manager for Symantec, we recommend that you avoid public Wi-Fi. "Some of the potential flashpoints as legitimate, but set up by criminals," often the terminals of the airport. If you are using a wireless connection, suggested that they enter through a smartphone, which is much harder than the hack. And in hotels, get the key before using a wireless connection, said that it is not "sponsored by the person in the room next door."

Betsy Page Sigman, Professor of operations and information management at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, said the passengers will participate in the Convention should also be aware of the risks. "Do you want to be overly cautious, particularly in the case that you're around many of the competitors," she said.

Bob Austin, President of KoreLogic, advice, information security, he said: "If a single piece of advice for the business traveler, this is the encryption of the entire disk," he said. Use with robust phrase, similar to a password, "everything on the hard disk is protected against disclosure." Many organizations also require their staff by using virtual private networks, which will reduce the risk of accessing public wireless networks. V.P.N. sends data through an encrypted tunnel.

Tracy Armer, systems for Madison Park Group, stationery, and gift company in Seattle, said the Director of the sales employees use the encryption of the entire disk and V.P.N., when travelling, but it is not recommended with laptops is critical. "You could be on a business trip, innocently searching for a place on the Internet, to eat but the financial folder exists, open on the desktop," he said. "Someone could potentially browse the contents of the portable computer."

Suggested reading on paper, which sells the company while traveling.

Unfortunately, he added, "despite the strong security measures, nothing is ever 100 percent safe."

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