Online Security for the Business Traveler

Whether attending conferences, visiting clients, or going to sales meetings, travel is an unavoidable necessity for many businesspeople. Today’s high-tech enabled businessperson travels with electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, health sensors, and Google Glass. Each of these devices offers new levels of productivity and efficiency, but they also become the weak link in the security chain: if a device is lost or stolen during travel, the resulting data breach can put the business in danger of physical, financial, and reputational loss.

Online Security for the Business Traveler provides an overview of this often overlooked problem, explores cases highlighting specific security issues, and offers practical advice on what to do to ensure business security while traveling and engaging in online activity. It is an essential reference guide for any travelling business person or security professional.

• Chapters are organized by travel stages for easy reference, including planning, departure, arrival, and returning home
• Touches on the latest technologies that today's business traveler is using
• Uses case studies to highlight specific security issues and identify areas for improved risk mitigation

Any business professional in the public or private sector who travels frequently; IT security professionals, for their use in training business executives on the key components of online security during travel

• About the Author
• Online Resources
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Decision to Travel vs. Digital Alternatives
  • Benefits of Physical Travel
  • Negatives of Physical Travel
  • Travel Security Plans
  • Corporate Travel Policy
  • Travel Risk Assessment
  • Travel Security Education
  • Digital Travel Alternatives
• Chapter 2. Planning, Logistics, and Security
  • Purchasing Online and Security
  • Organizing the Plan and Logistics
  • Warnings
  • Luggage and Security
  • Wearables and Security
• Chapter 3. Predeparture and Departure
  • Passports, Visas, Online, Oh My
  • Packing and Security
  • Preparing Devices for Secured Travel
  • Securing the Office When You Travel
  • TSA Security
  • Security Beyond the Airports
  • Terminal Security
  • Social Media, Travel, and Security
  • During the Flight Security
  • Travel Stress and Security
  • Airport and Travel Game Apps
• Chapter 4. Arrival and Duration
  • Arrivals, Customs, Border Crossings
  • Destination Transportation and Security
  • Hotels and Security
  • Wi-Fi and Public Computers
  • Duration and Data Security
  • Duration and Apps
  • Duration and Health
  • Duration and Staying Legal
  • The Traveler Tracked
  • Virtual Kidnapping
  • Security Apps for Women Travelers
• Chapter 5. Return to Home Base
  • Getting to the Airport on Time
  • Customs and Border Controls
  • Arrive Back in Home Country
  • Back to the Office
  • Follow-Up
  • The Future of Travel Security: Online and Off