The jailbreaking of Apple iOS devices has been around as long as the devices themselves, but IT managers are still underestimating the scale of the issue and the security risks it represents for corporate data and networks. The latest jailbreak for iOS 6.1, released on 4 February, was downloaded by a whopping 5 million users…
Read MorePost based on my conversation with Zoe Sands, Head of Digital Marketing at Juniper Networks. A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting with Cesare Garlati, Vice President, Mobile Security at Trend Micro. It was an enlightening and informative meeting; he is a security veteran with vast experience in mobility, his chosen…
Read MoreOne of the less understood aspects of Consumerization is its financial impact on the business. Studies* show that an increasing number of organizations allow their employees to use personal devices to connect to corporate networks and data for work related activities – the so called Bring Your Own Device phenomenon. However, a new research** commissioned…
Read MoreEvery year, Raimund Genes, Trend Micro’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) talks with staff and researchers to develop projections for the coming year. For 2013, Raimund’s predictions indicate that security issues related to the consumerization of IT will be front and center in terms of new developments, both positive and negative. 2012 was a big year…
Read MoreWe’ve seen the fast pace in which SMBs are adopting mobile devices, with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as way to help small business owners save time, increase revenue, reduce costs, and drive productivity. In a recent survey, 2012 Information Security Breaches Survey (ISBS), PricewaterhouseCoopers found that more than 61% of SMBs in the UK…
Read MoreExecutives and IT leaders are struggling to understand the true costs and benefits of IT consumerization and it’s not difficult to see why. Even a cursory Google search on the subject throws up as many questions as it does conflicting answers. The reason is that no comprehensive research has been conducted into the financial impact…
Read MoreIT strategists and commentators alike have been talking about the cost impacts and benefits of the Consumerization of IT for years. However, no-one seems to agree on what’s actually going on out there from a financial perspective. Why? Because no one has managed to formulate an effective framework for measuring the financial impact of consumer-grade…
Read MoreThe consumerization of IT is a trend even the most parochial IT manager has surely heard of by now. It’s sweeping through enterprises across the planet with no regard for legacy, tradition or order and can be seen as either the most exciting or terrifying thing to happen to IT in the past decade, depending…
Read MoreEach quarter, we go back to our annual predictions and take a look to see if our projections have been on the mark…. or not. For this quarter, we’ve focused on our 2012 prediction that there would be 125,000 pieces of malware affecting the Android mobile platform by the end of the year. At the…
Read MorePost based on my interview with Jeanne Friedman, content manager for RSA Conference. In the mobile space the BYOD trend is becoming a minefield for IT administrators. Many companies have experienced a data breach as a result of an employee owned device accessing the corporate network. When the stakes are this high, corporate IT needs…
Read More
