Securing Mobile Devices

Develop – Educate – Blueprint – Prepare Mobile devices comprise a large number of today’s corporate assets and data stores. Mobile devices include, but are not limited to, laptops, handheld PDAs, and smartphones.

The documents included in Stage 1 provide a foundation for initial assessment of security product and solution selection. Although these documents are not mobile device specific the concepts and models discussed comprise a systematic, comprehensive approach to information security which can be used as a baseline and framework for strategic deployment.

Documents

  • A Systematic, Comprehensive Approach to Information Security
  • Making Business Sense of Information Security
  • Risk Management: Concepts and Frameworks
  • Information Security Technology Model


Design – Construct – Diagram Mobile devices comprise a large number of today’s corporate assets and data stores. Mobile devices include, but are not limited to, laptops, handheld PDAs, and smartphones.

The documents included in Stage 2 provide the architectural "stake in the ground" assessments related to topics enterprises should consider when assessing mobile security including encryption, host security choices, and information confidentiality.

Documents

  • TP: Encryption
  • TP: Host Security Choices
  • TP: Information Confidentiality
  • TP: Malicious Software
  • TP: Remote Network Access


Assess – Evaluate – CompareMobile devices comprise a large number of today’s corporate assets and data stores. Mobile devices include, but are not limited to, laptops, handheld PDAs, and smartphones.

The documents included in Stage 3 provide product reports that detail specific technologies and the vendors offering them.

Documents

  • Security in the Palm of Your Hand
  • Encryption for Mobile Hosts: Protection on the Fly
  • Enforcing Access Security: Maturing Role for SSL VPNs


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