{"id":4904,"date":"2012-04-27T09:28:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T15:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/?p=4904"},"modified":"2012-04-27T09:28:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T15:28:46","slug":"tech-tip-safeguarding-your-mobile-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2012\/04\/27\/tech-tip-safeguarding-your-mobile-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip-Safeguarding Your Mobile Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cThere\u2019s an App for that!\u201d Safeguarding your Mobile Device<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/makeitsafe.missouri.edu\/topics\/index.html\">http:\/\/makeitsafe.missouri.edu\/topics\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mobile devices are products such as smartphones, media tablets, media players, and e-readers.\u00a0Many users overlook the fact that they are carrying a device with the same functionality and processing power of any other networked computer, thus placing themselves at great risk for exploitation.\u00a0 With new vulnerabilities discovered every day, there is a need to protect the data saved, accessed, and distributed from mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure that you are protected, follow these 10 simple best practices:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Enable a PIN, passcode, or pattern.<\/li>\n<li>Never store sensitive data.<\/li>\n<li>Keep your operating system and applications current.<\/li>\n<li>Only download applications from trusted sources and just install the applications you need.<\/li>\n<li>Always read installation prompts before downloading applications and software.<\/li>\n<li>Keep optional network connections, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, turned off when not in use.<\/li>\n<li> Limit your web browsing to well-known and trusted websites and use encryption when possible.<\/li>\n<li>Employ remote wiping in the event your device becomes misplaced or stolen.<\/li>\n<li>Data sanitize your device prior to disposing of it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>10.\u00a0 Know the policy.<\/p>\n<p>For a full explaination of these suggestions, go to the DoIT Make It Safe website:<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/makeitsafe.missouri.edu\/topics\/index.html\">http:\/\/makeitsafe.missouri.edu\/topics\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an App for that!\u201d Safeguarding your Mobile Device http:\/\/makeitsafe.missouri.edu\/topics\/index.html Mobile devices are products such as smartphones, media tablets, media players, and e-readers.\u00a0Many users overlook the fact that they are carrying a device with the same functionality and processing power<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2012\/04\/27\/tech-tip-safeguarding-your-mobile-device\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tech Tip-Safeguarding Your Mobile Device<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 18:11:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}