Mobile computing for SMBs
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- 00:00 07 Nov 2006
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- IT Management | Mobile & Wireless Networking
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Featured story Glossary Managing a mobile workforce Security issues Oldies, but goodies More resources Featured story |  Return to Table of Contents |
Encrypting mobile devices: A best practice no one uses
By: Shamus McGillicuddy, News Writer
Experts say encryption is the best way to protect sensitive data on laptops and other mobile devices. Most IT organizations say they know this. So why do so few companies actually do it?
"I'm concerned that a great number of companies are still not protecting their data," said John Girard, vice president and distinguished analyst at Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc. "The sales of [encryption] products over the last number of years are still a small fraction of the laptops and mobile devices out there."
Credant Technologies Inc., an Addison, Texas-based vendor of mobile encryption technology, recently surveyed 426 IT professionals worldwide. Eight-eight percent said they know large amounts of sensitive data are sitting on their employees' mobile devices. Seventy-two percent said the best way to protect that data is through encryption. But only 20% said they have actually deployed encryption on those devices.
| Glossary | Return to Table of Contents |
- Definition: Wireless
(Source: SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com) - Definition: Wireless LAN (WLAN)
(Source: Search.com, powered by WhatIs.com) - Definition: 802.11
(Source: SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com) - Definition: Wi-Fi
(Source: SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com) - Definition: Bluetooth
(Source: SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com)
| Managing a mobile workforce | Return to Table of Contents |
- Tip: Managing mobile operators: Giving a passing grade
(Source: SearchMobileComputing.com, 11/03/2006) - Column: Wireless options: Opportunity knocks
(Source: SearchSMB.com, 11/02/2006) - Tip: Cellular bill management: Getting policies under control
(Source: SearchMobileComputing.com, 7/19/2006) - Article: SMS or mobile email: Which is the 'killer app'?
(Source: SearchMobileComputing.com, 6/12/2006) - Article: SMBs: It's a buyer's market for wireless service
(Source: SearchSMB.com, 5/17/2006) - Tip: Mobile device management: Part I -- Decisions, decisions, decisions
(Source: SearchMobileComputing.com, 4/20/2006) - Tip: Mobile device management: Part 2 -- Implementation options
(Source: SearchMobileComputing.com, 5/15/2006)
| Security issues | Return to Table of Contents |
- Article: Encrypting mobile devices: A best practice no one uses
(Source: SearchSMB.com, 11/01/2006) - Article: Wireless cards make notebooks easy targets
(Source: SearchSecurity.com, 8/02/2006) - Article: Mobile security begins with policy
(Source: SearchSecurity.com, 8/02/2006) - Tip: Security for mobile devices: Simple steps for SMBs
(Source: SearchSMB.com, 7/13/2006) - Article: Portable storage devices invite big problems
(Source: SearchSMB.com, 4/10/2006) - Article: Fidelity laptop snafu spotlights need for security policies
(Source: SearchCIO.com, 3/28/2006)
| Oldies, but goodies | Return to Table of Contents |
- Tip: Understanding the wireless landscape, part 1
(Source: SearchNetworking.com, 1/06/2004) - Tip: Understanding the wireless landscape, part 2
(Source: SearchCIO.com, 1/06/2004) - Tip: Bluetooth Learning Guide
(Source: SearchCIO.com, 1/07/2004) - Learning Guide: 802.11
(Source: SearchCIO.com, 3/25/2003)
| More resources | Return to Table of Contents |
- Resource Center: Mobile computing for SMBs (SearchSMB.com)
- Learning Guide: Wireless (WhatIs.com)
- Web site: SearchMobileComputing.com
- Web site: SearchNetworking.com
- Web site: MobileMinds.com
- Web site: MobileIN.com
- Web site: O'Reilly Network Wireless DevCenter
- Web site: JiWire.com
