Introduction
Back in November of 2008 I wrote about the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) attack by the German graduate students Erik Tews and Martin Beck. They discovered a limited method to crack WPA, or more specifically, to crack [...]
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Mobility has far reaching affects on the enterprise in areas such as security risk, use policies, manageability, and governance. Mobility governance refers to the people, processes, and policies associated with mobility deployment within the enterprise. With few exceptions, enterprise mobility deployment is often reactive and tactical. The lack of a corporate mobility strategy results in the deployment of incompatible point solutions, coordination issues, and inconsistent policies. In addition, most enterprises have no coordinated approach to mobility funding. This includes decisions to deploy a wireless LAN, purchase mobile devices, and select mobile cellular service plans. Some managers demand that business case analysis be applied to the decision-making process for such things as wireless deployment, and social networking implementation. IT managers often express frustration with how difficult it is to develop a business case for mobility products and services. Other managers go to the other extreme and simply mandate mobility technology deployment without any upfront analysis. Continue reading Mobility governance is a mess
Enterprise mobility is driven by the need for seamless access to information anytime, anywhere, and from any device. One of the biggest drivers for enterprise mobility is the need for seamless access to information anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Employees have grown accustomed to having ubiquitous information access in their personal lives, and expect the same in their professional lives. In the past, employees would try to compartmentalize their personal and work lives, in order to protect their personal time from job encroachment. But now the opposite is true. Many employees move seamlessly between work and personal lives, and expect that their employers will support this new work paradigm. Continue reading Enterprise mobility: drivers and risks There were approximately 40 million smart phones shipped in the third quarter of 2008. Most of these phones were purchased for personal use. However a growing number of employees expect to connect their personal device to enterprise networks in order to retrieve e-mail, synchronize calendars, and download files. Although the enterprise may not own the device, they do own the information assets stored on the device. Therefore, enterprises must evaluate mobile device threats and implement mitigation techniques. [...] |
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