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Quiz: Mobile device policy: How to prevent data theft

How much do you know about mobile device policies and preventing data theft? Take this short quiz to determine what you've learned from our Security School on mobile device security policies with Lisa Phifer.

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MobileIron: Corporate IT policy and mobile device security are mismatched MobileIron report identifies a gap between security policy and the actual deployment of that policy on mobile devices

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Top 10 BYOD pitfalls to avoid if you allow personal devices If your company allows personal devices, make sure you know which mistakes to avoid, such as locking down devices and going without a BYOD policy.

BYOD security policy: Mitigate BYOD risk with device requirements How can enterprises mitigate the BYOD risk? Expert Michael Cobb suggests some device requirements to include in a BYOD security policy.

Quiz: Enterprise mobile device defense fundamentals In this quick quiz, test your knowledge of our Security School lesson on enterprise mobile device defense fundamentals.

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The technological evolution of IT industry leaders: 2000 - 2020

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Microsoft extends Office 365 benefit to nonprofit volunteers

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Cut through confusion of the digital workspace market

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Windows 10 issues top list of most read stories for IT pros

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SearchCloudComputing

Review these Azure Service Bus best practices

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Instill cloud change management best practices

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Quiz: Mobile device policy: How to prevent data theft

How much do you know about mobile device policies and preventing data theft? Take this short quiz to determine what you've learned from our Security School on mobile device security policies with Lisa Phifer.

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SearchCloudSecurity

How to implement zero-trust cloud security

AWS Access Analyzer aims to limit S3 bucket exposures

How to evaluate CASB tools for multi-cloud deployments

SearchNetworking

4 SD-WAN vendors integrate with AWS Transit Gateway

Assess the Wi-Fi 6 features available in Wave 1 and Wave 2

3 networking startups rearchitect routing

SearchCIO

Shell, Halliburton, Unibap AB execs share real-world AI strategies

What's the difference between RPA and IPA?

The technological evolution of IT industry leaders: 2000 - 2020

SearchEnterpriseDesktop

Microsoft extends Office 365 benefit to nonprofit volunteers

Cut through confusion of the digital workspace market

Windows 10 issues top list of most read stories for IT pros

SearchCloudComputing

Review these Azure Service Bus best practices

Instill cloud change management best practices

How much cloud does an IT disaster recovery plan need?

ComputerWeekly.com

FCO to boost cloud analysis setup

Tories plan electronic visa waiver for EU citizens

Dutch government must sort IT mess as priority

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