How to Secure Mobile Devices – Right way to implement BYOD

Corporate users are taking to smartphones and tablets in a big way: they appreciate the intuitive and user-friendly way these advanced mobile devices deliver access to the Corporate information, Web, communications and entertainment services. For many people, it’s now hard to imagine life without the instant access to enterprise Information, personal communications, social networking and media sharing sites that such devices provide. When these users go to work, they increasingly want to use these ever more powerful and capable devices for business applications too, and this presents a challenge for information security Professionals. Each of the corporate users has their own preference in terms of Smart Phones and Tablets. Hence standardization of these consumer devices is becoming a big challenge for CIOs. In addition most of the corporate users would not like to compromise on access to private data while in office. Hence implementing stringent security policies is becoming a nightmare for Chief Information Security Officers.

In addition, many of the most popular mobile devices were not designed from the start as business tools, and do not offer levels of security comparable to current desktop and laptop computers. What is more, the way these devices are used blurs the line between personal and business usage and behavior. The potential risks include misuse of the device itself, outside exploitation of software vulnerabilities and the deployment of poorly tested, unreliable business apps and most importantly leakage of corporate data. The question of who owns the device can also have legal ramifications on mobile device management and the remote wiping of devices should the need arise.

 By putting in place the right working practices, usage policies and management tools, your organization can benefit from the advantages that these devices can bring to the workplace while minimizing exposure to the potential risks.

Our end-to-end solution maps out how you can respond to the ‘consumerisation’ challenge today – whatever stage you are at – based on current efforts to formulate good practice. It offers independent guidance on how to plan your security response not only in terms of how your employees use consumer devices, but also in terms of protection solutions, provisioning and support, and meeting statutory requirements.

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