Comments on: Mobile working – have I cracked it? http://www.katescomment.com/mobile-working-have-i-cracked-it/ Thoughts on British ICT, energy & environment, "Cloud", and security from Memset's MD Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Katehttp://www.katescomment.com/mobile-working-have-i-cracked-it/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Kate Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:23:20 +0000 http://www.katescomment.com/wordpress/?p=11#comment-81 Hi Peter, thanks for the comment. I do agree with you to some extent, and have two strategies to deal with "shoulder surfing": 1) I try to sit in a corner and have the laptop to one side, but I tend to catch off-peak trains so that is probably not relevant to your situation. 2) I only work on tasks that are security insensitive. I would not, for example, read board minutes or work on financial forecasts, but there is plenty of other work that I don't really mind if it is compromised - other than the inherent antisocial nature of such behavior. 3) When someone is clearly reading over my shoulder I sometimes entertain myself by inserting comments into emails such as "anyway, I can't tell you more now because I'm on the train and someone is rudely reading everything I write"! There is perhaps a sensible solution; one of those vertically-polarised screen covers. I have not tried them myself but apparently they are effective in preventing someone next to you seeing the screen. Kate. Hi Peter, thanks for the comment.

I do agree with you to some extent, and have two strategies to deal with “shoulder surfing”:

1) I try to sit in a corner and have the laptop to one side, but I tend to catch off-peak trains so that is probably not relevant to your situation.

2) I only work on tasks that are security insensitive. I would not, for example, read board minutes or work on financial forecasts, but there is plenty of other work that I don’t really mind if it is compromised – other than the inherent antisocial nature of such behavior.

3) When someone is clearly reading over my shoulder I sometimes entertain myself by inserting comments into emails such as “anyway, I can’t tell you more now because I’m on the train and someone is rudely reading everything I write”!

There is perhaps a sensible solution; one of those vertically-polarised screen covers. I have not tried them myself but apparently they are effective in preventing someone next to you seeing the screen.

Kate.

]]> By: anonymoushttp://www.katescomment.com/mobile-working-have-i-cracked-it/comment-page-1/#comment-80 anonymous Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:14:11 +0000 http://www.katescomment.com/wordpress/?p=11#comment-80 Hmmm, fine working on a train if you are writing an article, playing SuDoKu or such like, but I personally would not advocate doing 'business' type work, to high a risk of 'shoulder surfing'. Much the same as not taking or making business calls on a mobile phone when in a public place. Its a question of being security aware (that should be information security aware). But then again, getting a seat on the trains on my train line is a challenge during the peak hours :) Peter Wenham ISAF Committee Member (www.theisaf.org) Hmmm, fine working on a train if you are writing an article, playing SuDoKu or such like, but I personally would not advocate doing ‘business’ type work, to high a risk of ‘shoulder surfing’. Much the same as not taking or making business calls on a mobile phone when in a public place. Its a question of being security aware (that should be information security aware). But then again, getting a seat on the trains on my train line is a challenge during the peak hours :)

Peter Wenham
ISAF Committee Member (www.theisaf.org)

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