How safe is your Smartphone - how secure is your data? See our articles section to secure your device.

Whether you keep it in your car, your pocket you think that your Smartfone is always safe - but is it? We heard recently of an incident where distraction was used for someone to gain access to an office and steal a mobile phone. However can you secure your phone without making it a nightmare to use? We suggest some useful tips to secure your data.

1. Use a pin code on your Smartphone; set the timer at ten minutes before locking. Yes it is a pain to type in the code before you use it, but your data will be secure. Anyone wishing to gain access to the phone will require a pin code to access the data.
2. Encrypt the data on your Smartfone and any memory cards. E.g.  Most Blackberry devices this is available through the advance options.
3. Don't store confidential information on memory cards - always store it in internal memory. This will make it harder to extract the information by simply inserting it into a computer.
4. Synchronise your Smartphone using your desktop computer synchronisation software, and enable the backup facility. This will ensure that you can then get a replacement Smartphone up and running as quickly as possible.
5. Don't store contacts on your SIM card unless you enable a PIN code . This can be easily removed and the contacts extracted.

If you have a Blackberry Smartphone, see the official information at Blackberry for securing your phone.