Increased focus on visual privacy is taking place across the board, but particularly in some professions, of which legal is a good example.
As well as software-based systems, financial organisations are increasingly looking at the emerging threat vector of ‘visual hacking’, which is the risk around people being able to obtain information simply by glancing at a screen.
Visual hacking is explained and demonstrated, while possible solutions to the problem are presented.
The public sector is arguably one of the market sectors that most closely appreciates the need for visual privacy as part of overall security strategies and is acting accordingly.
The rise in mobile working and the ability to view other people’s screens is potentially a criminal’s dream. There’s no need for computer hacking expertise; instead, discreetly point a smartphone at a screen and click away or simply memorize what can be seen
The visual hacking threat and ways to address it.
The results of a ground-breaking study carried out by the Ponemon Institute, in association with 3M, for the first time puts some context around the very real ‘visual hacking’ risk
As we all start to work more in open plan areas, or carry out work on trains, planes or in coffee shops, the opportunities for ‘visual hacking’ increase.