Airport security under siege

Engineers from the global security consultancy Scanit have found documents and emails that could bring some global companies to their knees, on public access terminals in airport departure lounges. What began as a mixture of curiosity and boredom led consultants from the Dubai-based network security outfit to uncover a plethora of secrets left by globe-trotting executives logging on in-between flights. While such senior figures possess high-level knowledge of their companies. affairs, they often aren't equipped with a knowledge of IT security precautions to match, as Scanit discoveries show.

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