Security and mobility have always remained intertwined and with a growing number of businesses embracing enterprise mobility, security has become the biggest concern. In spite of the fact that there has been more than 700% of increase in tailor-made apps for enterprise in 2014, and more than one-third of CIOs believe that enterprise mobility will have a tremendous impact, only a meager 54% of all IT teams across the world have the confidence that their enterprise mobility is secure.
Clearly, a lot is at stake, and many businesses are actually reluctant to embrace Enterprise Mobility Solutions from leading solution providers because of the possible security risks involved in the same. The good news is that it is possible to overcome the security concerns in a feasible way by hiring a team of professionals from a reputed enterprise mobility solution provider. The best way is to go for enterprise mobility consulting service so that one can know the possible security threats to their business.
Key Security Hacks in 2016 Some of the key security hacks in 2016 in the arena of enterprise mobility are therefore as follows:
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Device getting lost or stolen Virus and malware attack Manipulation of digital data Theft of card numbers
Although, there are many companies who lost millions due to such security hacks. One example is of eBay, which faced the problem of virus and malware attack in the months of February and March in 2014. Because of the security hack, the contact information as well as the login information of eBay’s 233 million customers was compromised severely. eBay even had to request all its users to change their passwords.
Efficiency of MDM in handling security hacks MDM or Mobile Device Management has emerged as the best possible solution to handle security hacks within an enterprise mobility system. It not only ensures a secure access to emails and wi-fi networks but also blacklist any rogue mobile application instantly. By availing MDM solutions from any leading IT company offering enterprise mobility solutions, you can have a peace of mind that even the distribution of third party apps within a business is absolutely safe i.e. without any security threat. MDM also wipes the entire corporate data from the mobile devices of its employees when they are leaving the organization to prevent any misuse of the same in the near future.
MDM also offers the much-needed support for BYOD by installing MDM software on every mobile device used in an enterprise by the employees. This enables an effective and effortless management of all the devices via a central admin console and in the case of a mobile theft, the device can be tracked easily. This also enables to monitor and secure the device. One can even delete some apps from a remote location with the help of MDM.
In the wake of an urgent need to employ mobile solutions to boost productivity and ensure employee satisfaction, it is now highly recommended to have an understanding of the security trends in enterprise mobility and to avail reliable enterprise mobility solutions from a reputed solution provider.
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