Mobile Device Security

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Nokia offers businesses and institutions a broad range of products and solutions, including enterprise-grade mobile devices, underlying security infrastructure, software and services. Nokia is at the forefront in business mobility applications and device mobility with its mobile devices and messaging software.

Today’s workforce is rapidly becoming mobile and these mobile devices have their own characteristics and unique security issues.

The security threats that go hand in hand with mobility are: data exposure through the WLAN, lost or stolen devices, and mobile viruses, along with email viruses, spam and other malware. Mobile device management software provides the management umbrella for application deployment, device tracking and the implementation of device and data security measures.

Check the Mobile Device Security Resource Center for up-to-the-minute news on security strategies, product reviews, and vendor profiles, along with industry expert commentary.

Key Concepts: mobile device security, mobile security strategies, mobile device management, mobile workers

:: Recent Insights on Mobile Device Security ::

CIOs Take Steps to Reduce Risks from Mobile Security

Source: CIO Insight

According to a CIO Insight survey, CIOs are taking steps to help mitigate risks from increased mobility. Seventy-three percent of IT execs require VPNs for internal access and 62 ...

Mobile Phone Threats and How to Protect Yourself

Source: PC Quest

Author Anindya Roy details some of the common threats to mobile phones, including SMS spoofing, spamming and SIM cloning. Roy suggests ways to protect against mobile fraud, ...

Consortia to Promote Handheld Security

Source: eWEEK

The Open Mobile Terminal Platform group and the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance will work together to enhance awareness of mobile device and network security. While there ...

Denial, Not Viruses or Worms, is the Biggest Mobile Danger

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

Though the mobile industry has faced serious security challenges, in general there hasn't been the concerted virus, worm and Trojan attacks that characterize the desktop world. ...

Free Laptop Tracking Service Launched

Source: PCWorld.com

Adeona, launched by researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego, provides a tracking service for lost laptops. Users download free ...

How to Make USBs Prettier, More Secure

Source: Varun Kashyap's TechCrazy Blog

Blogger Varun Kashyap offers 10 tips for making USB drives prettier, more useful and secure. Kashyap suggests that users write protect their USBs and make sure that autorun.inf is ...

EU Agency Warns USBs Require Better Security Management

Source: IT Wales

According to a report by the European Network and Information Security Agency, 80 to 90 percent of flash drives were sold unencrypted to businesses last year. ENISA warns that ...

Solutions to Protect Your USB Drive

Source: PC Magazine

Just as a personal computer is protected by powerful software, so too must the data on USB drives be protected. Author Neil J. Rubenking details several encryption solutions that ...

TSA to Allow Laptops to Stay in Cases at Checkpoints

Source: USA Today

The Transportation Security Administration will allow passengers to keep laptops in their cases as they go through airport checkpoints, according to this article. However, ...

Speeding up Laptop X-Rays

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

As soon as August, some travelers won't have to remove their laptops from their cases as they go ...

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