Chapter 19. Securing Mobile Computers

This chapter is from the Microsoft ® Windows ® Security Resource Kit by Ben Smith and Brian Komar with the Microsoft Security Team (Microsoft Press, 2003).

Mobile computers present a special security risk because of their portability and small size. They are at much greater risk of physical compromise and are much more difficult to manage. Often, when people hear the term mobile computers, they think it applies to only laptop computers. But mobile computers also include Microsoft Tablet PCs, PDAs, Microsoft Pocket PCs, and wireless phones. Each of these devices can carry secret information, such as passwords, or information that could be used to break into their respective networks.