Mobile Security By The Numbers

As ubiquity of mobility paired with the availability of cloud continues to drive major technological disruptions within just about every type of enterprise transacting business today, CIOs and CISOs are increasingly put on notice to incorporate mobile into their security plans or risk irrelevance.

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Over the past several months, numerous surveys and studies have done a good job offering up some statistical proof points about the scope of the mobile security dilemma.

Read the article to see a collection of salient stats, including:

• Mobile Fraud Estimates: TeleSign
• Mobile Wild West: BlueBox
• Mobile Malware Tipping Point: Alcatel-Lucent
• Different Needs By Form Factor: Good Technology
• Mobile Payment Still Untrusted: Tripwire
• and more...

Good Technology debuts new BYOD services for speedier migrations

Good Technology is rolling out two new services designed to deal with the prevalent BYOD (bring your own device) issue, but the motivation behind the solutions might be more telling.

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Essentially, Good learned that customers such as Nationwide Insurance, UBS and Franklin Templeton wanted help accelerating their moves from BlackBerry to devices like iPhones, iPad and Android.

According to Good, many were originally planning for 3-year transitions, but later speeded that up to six months given the rocky future of Research In Motion.

What's your CU's mobile strategy? Are you migrating more quickly than originally planned? Read the article to see how Good could help with your migration.