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October 30, 2006
•White Paper: Mobile Security
Most enterprises rank mobility and mobile worker solution deployments within their top 5 initiatives for the next 3 years. This fact is consistently indicated in surveys of business executives from a wide variety of industries. Indeed, it is expected that mobile deployments will expand dramatically over the next 3-5 years as solutions become easier to deploy, connections become faster and more reliable, and devices become more capable and less costly. However, few companies have recognized that the very mobile devices they deploy to enhance worker productivity and improve operations can cause the company to face an increased risk of security and compliance breaches. And few companies currently know how to effectively mitigate such risk.
Further personal, non-company issued devices that users acquire independently and bring into the workplace should cause companies great concern. Indeed, management and control of these devices is imperative if companies are to protect their data and prevent running afoul of existing and proposed regulations. Many governments (on the state, regional and/or federal level) have passed, or are passing, new regulations that will severely penalize companies who are not able to comply with data protection and security regulations.
The massive growth of mobility over the next 3-5 years will likely leave company IT organizations unable to cope with the new mobile reality unless they rethink the ir existing management and security strategy. One of the greatest challenges to both business and IT groups within companies over this period will be effectively securing mobile solutions in the workforce, over a wide array of devices, connections, and applications. This paper will highlight some of the areas in which mobility will expand, some risks and exposures, and address how companies should advantageously securely manage such mobility. Mobile security must be included as a mission critical component of any enterprise strategy and implemented on a pro-active basis before any major security breach has the opportunity to negatively affect the enterprise.
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