Taking control of smartphones: Are MDMs up to the task?

Home
IT in Europe
Taking control of smartphones: Are MDMs up to the task?

Premium Content

Access "Taking control of smartphones: Are MDMs up to the task?"

Issue Overview

IT in Europe - April 2012

In this Special European edition of Information Security magazine, gain key insight into the increasing risks of mobile devices and the strategies and tools needed to mitigate them. View now to also explore VDI security, cybersecurity threats, IT consumerization deluge, and much more. Access >>>

Access TechTarget
Premium Content for Free.

By submitting you agree to receive email from TechTarget and its partners. If you reside outside of the United States, you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States. Privacy

Already a member? Login to access this content.

What's Inside

Features

- Taking control of smartphone proliferation while avoiding user anarchy by Ron Condon, UK Bureau Chief
  With smartphone proliferation raging through companies, IT teams are turning to MDMs to keep corporate data safe. Are current MDMs up to the task?
- Four mobile device security threats and three tools to manage them by Rob Shapland, Penetration Testing
  Mobile devices pose very real risks to organisations. Rob Shapland outlines four mobile device security threats and three tools to manage them.

News
- Surveying the landscape of today’s mobile device security risks by Ron Condon, UK Bureau Chief
  The biggest mobile device security risks are not from malware -- at least not yet. Find out the primary concerns of IT pros managing mobile devices.
Columns
- Getting serious about tablet security risks and user training by Ron Condon, UK Bureau Chief
  With increasing tablet security risks, the time has come to get serious about user education. UK Bureau Chief Ron Condon prescribes a new mindset.

More Premium Content Accessible For Free

Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide to context-aware security

E-Handbook

In this 11-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at how organisations should approach context-aware security technologies and what business ...
Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide to software as a service

E-Handbook

In this nine-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at how a CIO can best integrate it with existing on-premise software, the restrictions behind ...
Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide to infrastructure on demand

E-Handbook

Working out how to make infrastructure on demand work for your company is a challenge. In this 10-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at ...

Back to top

More from Related TechTarget Sites

CIO
Security
Networking
Data Center
Data Management

CIO
- Learning native tongue of your business is key to reviving role of IT
  
  If CIOs are to remain relevant and strategic, they need to teach their IT teams the lingua franca of business.
- It's time to rebrand enterprise IT expertise
  
  As businesses go digital, technology expertise is needed more than ever. The question is how to do that in a way that doesn't alienate the business.
- Data privacy and the 'economy of queasy trust'
  
  This week, Searchlight focuses on data privacy issues including privacy expectations, Google's ironic stance on 'big data' and more.
Security
- Users may remain vulnerable despite Oracle Java patch release
  
  Oracle has issued a new security patch for Java, but only 7% deployed the patch before it.
- Gary McGraw: NSA data collection programs demand discussion, scrutiny
  
  Opinion: Gary McGraw details the various and sundry NSA data collection programs and explains why all its efforts demand new discussion and scrutiny.
- Enterprise BYOD offers mixed bag for enterprise endpoint security
  
  A Gartner analyst says enterprise BYOD -- specifically iOS and Android devices -- presents many pros and cons for enterprise endpoint security.
Networking
- Marble Security's cloud-based mobile security service augments MDM
  
  Marble Security released its new cloud-based mobile security service that can work with MDM tools for protection of employee-owned mobile devices.
- New VMS feature enables big spines of Mellanox Ethernet ToR switches
  
  A new Layer 3-based Virtual Modular Switch feature on top-of-rack Ethernet switches from Mellanox enables large clusters for leaf-spine architecture.
- Mobile service providers are target of F5 firewall product
  
  F5 has engineered a mobile provider firewall software that takes an application-specific approach.
Data Center
- Battery monitoring service prevents outages, extends battery life
  
  The latest backup battery monitoring services can prevent outages and extend battery life. Plus, they take power monitoring off IT's task list.
- Red Hat Open Hybrid Cloud aids private, public cloud management
  
  Hardware, virtualization, public and private cloud are all converging and need to be managed as one environment. Enter Red Hat's Open Hybrid Cloud.
- Mainframe modernization takes on urgency
  
  A Red Hat Summit talk on database and mainframe modernization highlights urgency, need for agility in enterprise development teams.
Data Management
- Events report: Information Builders Summit 2013, graph databases and more
  
  SearchDataManagement editors discuss the Information Builders user conference and two other events; topics include graph databases and 'data artists.'
- From 4GLs to HTML5 desktop apps: Bringing data to the masses
  
  Advocating wider access to data, speakers at the Information Builders Summit 2013 traced a journey from 4GL tools to HTML5 desktop apps and beyond.
- Enterprise data quality efforts in good company with MDM, governance
  
  Combining data quality initiatives with master data management and data governance programs can help ensure that data remains accurate and consistent.

All Rights Reserved,Copyright 2000 - 2013, TechTarget