Essential Guide
Mobile endpoint security: What enterprise infosec pros must know now
Mobile devices have flooded the enterprise and now mobile endpoint security is a key part of every security pro's job. Read this guide and rise to the security challenge.
Introduction
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.
1Strategy-
Start with a mobile endpoint security strategy
An effective mobile endpoint security program start with strategy, and that must include a detailed plan for securing the mobile devices employees bring to the enterprise enterprise. This section offers guidance on crafting a comprehensive strategy that considers how mobility affects security strategy, what aspects within a strategy should get top priority now, and more.
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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 ... Continue Reading
2Tools and training-
The 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.
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. Continue Reading
App container, app wrapping and other emerging mobile security tactics
Threats evolve, so your mobile security must too. Learn how an app container, app wrapper and other tactics help keep bad guys away from corporate assets. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
3Endpoints-
Focusing 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.
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
4New issues-
The 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.
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
5Terms to know-
Glossary
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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