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PDAs are an enigma for most corporate IT departments. As their use becomes more prevalent, it will require a rethinking of many corporate policies covering everything from the handling of personal information to writing down passwords. The stakes get even higher when you consider what the consequences might be of a lost or stolen executive PDA.
Trust Digital's PDASecure (www.trustdigi tal.com) is one of several products that offers a solution to the PDA security problem (others include PDA Defense and PDAIok). PDASecure uses encryption algorithms and password protection to protect all the vulnerabilities associated with a PDA. PDASecure costs around $40 per protected PDA. A version with centralized management costs about $80 per protected PDA plus $5,000 for the server piece.
We tested PDASecure on a Compaq iPaq 3835...