Password, Please: Border Searches of Laptops, Phones Up 32% This Year
THE SO WHAT
A 32% jump in device searches at U.S. borders turns international travel into a live-fire test of your data governance. Treat borders as hostile checkpoints — default to hardened, minimal, or virtualized devices for travelers and assume anything carried across may be inspected and copied.
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