Next Wave in Security: Protecting Smart Phones, PDAs
Security analysts and specialists at the RSA Conference said that smart phone and mobile device security needs to become a bigger priority for corporations. According to a survey of 680 executives by Business Forum Management Program in 2006, about 49 percent of respondents were "mobile" or "very mobile," about 80 percent plan on increasing the number of mobile devices they have in the next few years, 25 percent have critical data saved on mobile devices, 40 percent said they had no security on mobile devices, and only 17.2 percent said they were concerned about a security breach in mobile communications. Some experts believe the next wave of security features will focus on smart phones and mobile devices, and say that there has been a recent surge in corporate interest in mobile device security. Gartner analyst John Pescatore says that because of the continuously changing software for mobile devices and smart phones, the best practice for security is to establish solid policies to educate employees about the danger of mobile devices and to govern their use.
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