Blog Posts Tagged with "BYOD"
Securing Your Company Against BYOD-Created Threats
May 14, 2012 Added by:Ashley Furness
The increasing emergence of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies has both good and bad implications. Here are four strategies your company should implement to keep data secure while supporting employees' choice to use their own laptops, smartphones and tablets in the workplace...
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The Importance of Mobile Device Management for Enterprise Security
May 14, 2012 Added by:Drayton Graham
Almost everyone has their own mobile phone these days, nd they are quickly becoming a necessity in business. In order to enable the kind of freedom BYOD brings, the corporate network and data needs to be protected. Mobile Device Management is a solution that will help with this...
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BYOD is really BYOPMD
May 07, 2012 Added by:Phil Klassen
BYOD should make the security society very nervous. For those who still believe that personal devices will never be a part of your network, remember, never say never. Regardless if non-corporate devices have accessed your network or not, the first step is acceptable use policy...
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The Security, Privacy and Legal Implications of BYOD
April 24, 2012 Added by:David Navetta
Some organizations believe that BYOD will allow them to avoid significant costs. Other companies believe that company data on personal devices is inevitable. Unfortunately, BYOD raises significant data security concerns which can lead to potential legal risk...
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A Tribute to Our Oldest and Dearest Friend - The Firewall
April 23, 2012 Added by:Ian Tibble
We have a lot of bleeding edge software and hardware products in security backed by fierce marketing engines which set unrealistic expectations. Out of all these products, the oldest carries the highest bang for our bucks - the firewall...
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Shadow IT - Why Security is Scrambling to Reinvent Itself
April 17, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
Shadow IT is the leading cause of many of the "reinventions" that IT organizations across the globe are going through. For many CIOs the ground is moving underneath their feet, and if they're not actively moving to counter it, there are some very serious consequences...
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Nine Tips for CSOs to Get a Fresh Start this Spring
April 14, 2012 Added by:Jason Clark
With everything in the threat landscape changing so frequently, it’s important to reassess your current status and plan for the coming year, whenever we can come up for air. So, I came up with the following nine tips to help you get a fresh start this spring...
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Do You Need a Formal Policy for Managing Mobile Devices?
March 29, 2012 Added by:Kyle Lagunas
Security risks associated with BYOD policies continue to intimidate some - one respondent said he is “scared to death of security vulnerabilities” - but what would do more to minimize risks than to adopt an official policy?
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RSA Conference 2012 Wrap-Up
March 05, 2012 Added by:Robb Reck
RSA 2012 is in the books. The crypto-geniuses have gone home and are again working on solving our most challenging technical problems. The rest of us have returned home with some new insights and an improved plan for implementing security in our own little corners of the world...
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Tech Continues to Bedevil Infosec and Privacy Practitioners
January 31, 2012 Added by:Rebecca Herold
Organizations need to get off the stick, do risk assessment to determine the extent of personal computing device use within their organizations and then update their policies, create new procedures, and implement new technologies accordingly...
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IT Security Issues for 2012
January 28, 2012 Added by:Simon Heron
The pace of technological innovation is getting faster. At the same time, the work place is changing significantly, driven by organizations’ need to be more competitive and efficient. These two factors mean that there is a lot of change on the horizon for 2012...
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Sophos Releases Security Threat Report 2012
January 26, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
Sophos unveiled its latest Security Threat Report 2012, a detailed assessment of the threat landscape—from hacktivism and online threats to mobile malware, cloud computing and social network security, as well as IT security trends for this coming year...
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Social Business Security and Risk Management Strategies
January 18, 2012 Added by:Andrea Zapparoli Manzoni
This is not something that the Marketing Department can handle alone, nor IT, not even the Security Team the Legal Department: all will fail if given the task of managing an organization's Social Business Strategy outside a multidisciplinary and truly integrated approach...
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Data Loss Prevention Step 5: Disable Access to Cloud Storage Services
January 17, 2012 Added by:Rafal Los
This is part 5 in a series, and it's about pulling your data away from the clutches of the cloud. It's not all as crazy as that sounds though, because the cloud has real benefits, but it has to be approached with sanity rather than as the ostrich approaches the sandstorm...
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