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Risks assessments, application testing, access controls, and proactive planning top the list

By joltsik
12/20/13

In 2012, ESG research asked 315 security professionals working at enterprise organizations (i.e. more than 1,000 employees) about the impact of mobile computing on security management and operations. It turned out that the impact was pretty substantial, 30% of organizations say that mobile devices made security management and operations “much more difficult,” while 32% say that mobile devices made security management and operations “more difficult.”

Mobile computing and BYOD projects remain immature and difficult as we move into 2014, but large organizations are starting to gain experience. To tap into this expanding knowledge base, ESG recently conducted a research project dedicated to mobile computing security, and asked 242 enterprise security professionals to identify mobile computing security best practices that they would recommend to an organization with less experience. Here is a list of the top 5 responses along with my editorial comments.

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