December 20198 IN MY V EWDOES TECHNOLOGY MAKE TRAVEL MORE OR LESS SAFE FOR YOUR STAFF?BY SAM DAVIES, SECURITY MANAGER, AUSTRALASIA, INTERNATIONAL SOSTechnology and travel are inherently intertwined, from online bookings to onboard Wi-Fi. But it's not just the transit process that impacts your employees when they travel abroad for work. Technology, evolving at a rate consistent with Moore's Law, creates new risks to your business and your people. Thankfully, it also offers opportunities to manage risks more effectively, old and new.Technology creates new risksWhen your staff goes abroad, they take with them access to your entire dataset ­your intellectual property, sensitive business information, and sometimes internal financial information as well. Cybercriminals can take advantage of insecure Wi-Fi networks, such as public networks or in hotels, to steal that information. Technology also creates physical security risks to individual travelers. Depending on the location and social or legal norms, travelers could be targeted based on their digital footprint. For example, LGBT travelers have been identified via apps and then targeted. Travellers oblivious to their surroundings due to their single-minded focus on their device are more susceptible to petty crime and more likely to be involved in an accident.Cyber threats are real and driven entirely by technology, but the behavior of your team can greatly reduce these risks. Ensuring your team knows to not connect to insecure networks, to not download new software or updates while abroad, to use VPNs, and to take as little data and as few devices as possible are relatively simple and exponentially less costly than having to respond to a malware attack or similar incident.Sam Davies
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