Prevent data loss 'with company-wide online storage solutions'

Company owners have been told that they could help to prevent data loss by getting the whole organisation involved in implementing online storage methods.

This is the view of Steve Holford, marketing director at Fasthosts Internet, who pointed out that everyone at a company should become knowledgeable on the right way to transfer files and then storing then as encrypted.

"An online solution means that employees are maintaining consistent levels of security, that the risk of physical loss is greatly reduced, and that threats from personal computers are minimised," he explained.

His advice comes soon after a study carried out by Fasthosts Internet found that one in four people with office jobs are currently participating in at least one 'data security sin'.

This includes leaving laptops unattended in public places and losing a USB device, which could each result in data loss if placed into the wrong hands.

According to a recent report in The Sun newspaper, an unencrypted laptop that has medical details of around eight million people has been lost from an NHS building.