Mobile devices – are they the entry point for an enterprise apocalypse?
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July 9, 2010 10:45 AM
It is stated that “of the estimated 14 million Millenial telecommuters, 69 percent of them report that they use whatever device, software, or site they want, regardless of corporate policies.” This issue is not new, as evidenced by this blog post from 2008, as companies start to have more telecommuters and employees become smartphone purchasers this consumerization of IT perspective is becoming even more widespread.
This article suggests, among other things, looking at data usage patterns as a first step toward building mobile user policies around security.
Just because the environment is becoming more complex, it doesn’t mean that it should be less secure. As I'll mention in my next entry, the office environment of the future will likely be an aggregation of whatever tools can capabilities the individual can bring together. Desktop virtualization can provide significant flexibility, whether the organization is supporting “bring your PC to work” or allowing access to corporate resources from wireless devices of any flavor.
Unfortunately, knowing about weaknesses of a platform is not sufficient to keep the environment safe and some of the techniques of not allowing access unless certain conditions are met may no longer be practical. Allowing device access to secure virtual machines that require authentication may be an answer in many situations. This is an area we’ve been talking about for a very long time, but it now seems to be turning into a necessity.
Originally posted on the The Next Big Thing blog
| Blogger Profile: Charlie Bess | |
| Charles Bess has worked in the Information Technology industry for about 30 years supporting a variety of large organizations and industries. Charlie has performed a variety of formal and technical leadership roles throughout EDS and now HP. He is a licensed professional engineer and in 2002, a senior member of IEEE and was recognized as a Fellow within HP for his focus on value delivery and innovation. Currently he is focused on the Chief Technologist functional relationship between HP and its largest clients. In addition to these activities, Charlie has also worked as a public speaker, advisor to SMUs MBA program and supported engineering and computer science activities at Purdue University and University of North Texas. He’s been blogging on technology and business value related topics since early 2003. |  |
