Apple's iPhone and iPad long ago pushed out the BlackBerry as the corporate standard for mobile devices, in all but the highest-security environments. Google -- whose Android platform reigns outside the corporate world -- is now trying to push out Apple, with a new effort called Android for Work. And Samsung is upping the game with a new version of its own Android security suite, Knox.
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19 Mar |
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MobileIron now supports OS X Mountain Lion, a sign of growing adoption of non-Windows devices
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27 Jul |
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Concerned about sensitive corporate data that lives on employees' iPads finding their way to places they shouldn't? Symantec says it has an answer to that risk, and it won't get in users' way. In early 2012, it plans to deliver an extension to its data loss prevention (DLP) product that enables DLP filtering from the iPad or, more precisely, from files, emails, and any other communication sent via HTTP and HTTPS from an iPad through the network.
Galen Gruman |
04 Oct |
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Critical enterprise information is leaking onto mobile devices whose risk of loss or theft is much higher than it is for PCs at the office.
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20 Nov |
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Many businesses will not be able to support Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system, which began shipping in the U.S. today. Like the competing Google Android, Windows Phone 7 does not support on-device encryption to protect data stored on it. Many businesses require such encryption to be able to access corporate data through EAS (Exchange ActiveSync) policies and automatically block connections from devices that don't support device-level encryption.
Galen Gruman |
09 Nov |
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Haven't encrypted your laptop fleet yet? There's no excuse for that choice anymore. Check out today's smart strategies for improving laptop security — before the next machine disappears
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27 Feb |
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It was two close calls that changed how Rob Israel thought about encrypting the data on his users' laptops.
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20 Nov |
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CSOs and CIOs need to examine options for authenticating users - or risk their companies becoming the latest data theft headline.
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01 Dec |
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Wireless networks carry risks, but understanding what you need from your network - and what you don't - will help you limit those risks and gain benefits from the popular technology
Galen Gruman |
15 Jun |
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