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Mobile endpoint security: What enterprise infosec pros must know now
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Mobile security strategy matures with BYOD
The basic level of mobile security is to protect data and access to a network, but understanding the needs of mobile users and their devices is the key to maturing that strategy. Read Now
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DARPA project could help with mobile security in the enterprise
A DARPA project seeks researchers from academia and business to improve security for mobile networks and devices. The program could bring better tools for the enterprise. Read Now
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Mobile browser security, compatibility should be top priorities
As mobile web apps increase in popularity, cross-platform browser compatibility becomes a top priority. IT also needs to keep an eye on browser security. Read Now
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The first steps of understanding mobile security
We live in a very mobile heavy society and many enterprises have mobility at the center of their IT strategy. As such, it can't help to understand mobile security better and equipping your ... Read Now
Editor's note
Managing issues of endpoint security involving employee-owned mobile devices is a key part of the security professional's job description. Not only must corporate data and networks be protected from hackers targeting enterprise systems; mobile endpoints now, too, must be defended. There's nothing obvious or easy about the mobile endpoint security challenge. This era of mobile workers using multiple devices has expanded the attack surface for hackers; meanwhile, the IT department's ability to control employee-owned endpoints has gotten increasingly complex. This guide looks at all aspects of the mobile challenge for enterprise security and offers up various approaches IT pros can take, from strategy to tools and training. It looks, too, toward the future to outline the likeliest challenges ahead when it comes to mobile device security.
1The tools to battle the threats that mobile endpoints invite
When the mobile era dawned, so did the new age of mobile security threats. But with the proper tools and training, enterprise assets can be defended. Here's your guide to what tools exist and what training enterprise employees need to help keep company data and networks secure.
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To find the best endpoint security tools, focus on these features
Finding the best endpoint security for your enterprise is a complex, ever-changing task. Learn what features tools offer now to protect endpoints touching the enterprise systems. Read Now
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Mobile security trends: app containers, app wrapping for BYOD
Threats evolve, and so should mobile security strategies. Mike Chapple explains how an app containers and app wrapping can protect enterprise devices and corporate assets. Read Now
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Four ways to defend against a mobile security breach
No company is safe from potential data leaks and breaches. To combat the biggest mobile security challenges, IT needs a four-pronged line of defense. Read Now
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Top mobile security threats IT needs to know about
With mobile devices on the rise in the workplace, it is imperative to know the top security threats these devices bring with them, plus how to prevent breaches from happening. Read Now
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How to achieve secure mobile device management
Laptops and phones are critically important in the era of BYOD, but safety can only be achieved with secure mobile device management. Read Now
2Focusing on the endpoints themselves is a crucial security step
Strategy, policy, training and tools are all must-haves. But to achieve true enterprise security in the mobile age requires spending time and effort focusing on the endpoints themselves. Here are some things to consider when forming your mobile endpoint security training.
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Podcast
Android security policies all enterprises should adopt
Securing Android devices in the enterprise can seem like an uphill task. Applying these Android security policies might reduce the struggle security professionals face. Listen Now
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Virtual containers help refocus modern endpoint security strategy
As companies struggle to protect constantly expanding attack surfaces, virtual containers could quickly become essential to companies' endpoint security strategy. Read Now
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How mobile threat detection tools spot incoming attacks
EMM configurations can help safeguard the enterprise from attacks, but mobile threat detection tools take a different approach to actively pinpoint security issues. Read Now
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How mobile biometrics can strengthen security
The eye-opening reality: iris scans, and other biometric authentication methods, will soon be used for enterprise mobile security, phasing out the old username and password. Read Now
3The new issues emerging for mobile endpoint security
Every season seems to bring with it a new type of device. And with the latest cyber toys come new cyberthreats. As the saying goes, the only constant is change -- so it’s important to keep your understanding of mobile endpoint security up to date. Learn what security considerations are key and how they can be balanced with issues like privacy and access.
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Mobile security technology, advances often a double-edged sword
Innovative mobile security technology has been developed to offset vulnerabilities, but using cutting-edge solutions such as automation could come back to haunt IT execs. Read Now
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Why the worst mobile security risks just won't go away
The biggest mobile security threats aren't hiding in the shadows. For IT admins who don't properly secure mobile devices and apps, the monster is in the mirror. Read Now
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Mobile privacy policy concerns complicate security
Keep it secret, keep it safe -- that's what mobile users want for their personal data, even if it's on a work device. Enter the need for mobile device privacy policies in the workplace. Read Now
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How to balance access needs and mobile data security concerns
Mobile workers need to access corporate data, but giving them open access is often easier said than done. Businesses must balance users' wants with mobile data security concerns. Read Now
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How user privacy policies can quell IT spying fears
If users feel like somebody's watching them, they could be right, but it's probably not IT spying. Companies need user privacy policies to ease employees' minds and protect data. Read Now
4Glossary
Part of keeping up with developments in mobile endpoint security, and the security field in general, is keeping up with the terminology. In this module we've gathered definitions to the key terms in this ever-changing industry.
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application sandboxing
Application sandboxing, also called application containerization, is an approach to software development and mobile application management (MAM) that limits the environments in which certain code can execute. Read Now
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COPE (corporate-owned, personally-enabled)
COPE (corporate-owned personally-enabled) is a business model in which an organization provides its employees with mobile computing devices and allows the employees to use them as if they were personally-owned notebook computers, tablets or smartphones. Read Now
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dual persona (mobile device management)
Dual persona, in a mobile management context, is the provisioning and maintenance of two separate and independent end user environments on a single mobile device. Dual persona technology addresses one of the challenges of the bring your own device trend: how to exercise IT control over employees' personal devices without infringing on their right to privacy. Read Now
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endpoint security management
Endpoint security management requires endpoint devices to comply with specific security policies before they are granted access to network resources. Read Now
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enterprise wipe
Enterprise wipe is a security feature offered by many Mobile Device Management (MDM) products which selectively erases only those device settings, user data, applications, and application data that were previously installed by that MDM. Read Now
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endpoint fingerprinting
Endpoint fingerprinting is a feature of enterprise network access control (NAC) products that enables discovery, classification and monitoring of connected devices, including non-traditional network endpoints such as smartcard readers, HVAC systems, medical equipment and IP-enabled door locks. Such endpoints are sometimes referred to as "dumb devices." Read Now
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mobile application manager (MAM)
A mobile application manager is a tool used by network administrators to remotely install, update, remove, audit, and monitor programs installed on smartphones and tablets. The term is also used to describe the person whose job involves managing mobile apps. Read Now
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mobile device management (MDM)
Mobile device management is software that allows IT administrators to control, secure and enforce policies on smartphones, tablets and other endpoints. Read Now
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wipe
Wipe, in a computing context, means to erase all data on a hard drive to render it unreadable. The term is often used in reference to making data stored on a computer, smartphone or tablet inaccessible before disposing of the device. Read Now
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Android WebView
Android WebView is a component that allows Web developers to render a web page within an Android app. Read Now
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Antimalware (Anti-Malware)
Antimalware (auch Antivirus oder Anti-Malware) schützt Computer-Geräte vor schädlichem Code. Dieser wird geblockt, erkannt und notfalls entfernt. Read Now
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bring your own wearables
Bring your own wearables (BYOW) is a trend toward the use of employee-owned wearable computing devices in a business setting. Read Now
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Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) ist eine umfassende Lösung zur Verwaltung mobiler Geräte. Sie bezieht Ansätze wie MDM, MAM und MIM mit ein. Read Now
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madware
Madware is a type of aggressive advertising that affects smartphones and tablets. The name, which is a portmanteau combining the words mobile and adware, was coined by the security vendor Symantec to describe a type of intrusive advertising that currently affects Android smartphones and tablets. Read Now
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internet of things (IoT)
The internet of things, or IoT, is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers (UIDs) and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. Read Now
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secure container
A secure container, in a mobile computing context, is an isolated, authenticated and encrypted area of an employee's device that keeps sensitive corporate information separate from the owner's personal data and apps. Read Now
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Google Play services
The Google Play services app runs in the background on Android devices and gives apps access to core functionalities such as authentication services; it should not be disabled. Read Now
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mobile number privacy
Mobile number privacy is the protection of the phone user’s number from unwanted access. Read Now