Enterprise Mobile Security: Protecting Mobile Data and Increasing Productivity

This whitepaper discusses mobile security issues faced by organizations and provides IT executives with actionable mobile security best practices to mitigate those risks. Introduction Today's smartphones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) offer as much processing power and memory as PCs had a few years ago. Many of these mobile devices improve employee productivity by allowing employees ready access to needed information. While the devices may increase productivity and efficiency, they also bring new risks to organizations as confidential corporate and personal data can be lost when the device is misplaced or stolen. Other risks come in the form of malware infections, spam, and hacking of mobile devices.