Steve Fried on Mobile Device Security

The risk many organizations face through mobile data moving around their networks or the mishandling of data on mobile devices is enormous, and without a concentrated effort to place effective controls on this type of data, the risk will continue to rise. However, many of these efforts are based on little more than the idea that there is some type of data out there called "mobile data," that it can reside on things called "mobile devices," and that somehow this "data" on these "devices" must be protected. Unfortunately, neither of these terms has a clear definition, and without those clear definitions, there cannot be a satisfactory answer to the question, "What are you trying to protect?" From Mobile Device Security: A Comprehensive Guide to Securing Your Information in a Moving World by Stephen Fried.

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• information security
• mobile device security
• smartphone security
• iphone security
• laptop security
• USB security
• netbook security
• Steve Fried
• Auerbach Publications
• consumer electronics