Wireless Security

This paper is the first in a four-part series examines the ways that wireless technology and mobile communications can enhance the efficiency and quality of institutional healthcare, improving the processes through which doctors, nurses, specialists and support staff members deliver medical treatment. Part One offers an overview of the current healthcare situation and suggests ways in which wireless technology solutions address healthcare challenges.

The healthcare industry has lagged behind other industry sectors in adopting wireless technologies. Is the problem one of functionality, reliability or suitability to the required tasks? Or, is it simply the conservative nature of healthcare, where a solution must be of proven value and unassail-able virtue before investments are made and policies are changed. This paper examines the characteristics of wireless mobility solutions and considers how effectively these solutions meet healthcare industry requirements.

This paper outlines the multitude of benefits that the BlackBerry solution offers to doctors, nurses, support staff and other clinical workers.

It's important that corporate mobile policies cover everything from what types of devices will be available to users, how and when they can use them, what corporate resources they are able to access and what security measures will be instituted. Furthermore, Mobile managers must not ignore the impact of government regulations and compliance when laying out their corporate mobile policies.

If company laptops, PDAs, or other mobile devices can't be found, it doesn't always mean that they've been stolen. Companies often lose track of these IT assets because there's no clear record of them. Encryption and inventory management can help to safeguard against the loss of confidential data.

Mobile unified communications allows organizations to provide employees with the ability to collaborate and communicate efficiently, as well as access information on-demand. An exclusive Computerworld online survey offers insight into how companies can develop cost-effective strategies for implementing or improving mobile applications and foster an efficient workplace.

By now, most organizations are clear on the advantages and benefits of wireless data solutions in the enterprise: namely, increased productivity, improved efficiency and improved response times resulting in decreased costs and increased revenue opportunities. But with these advantages come risks, and most have to do with controlling the data contained on wireless devices and the networks and applications to which they connect.

To compete in today's marketplace, it's not enough to be efficient on your home turf. Successful enterprises understand that knowledge workers must be able to do their jobs from more than one location. Going mobile--which encompasses much more than just mobile email access--can improve productivity, reduce costs and boost your bottom line.

Over the past decade, wireless technology has made huge strides in security, reliability and throughput. Companies that are moving forward with business mobility initiatives must plan for wireless security and mobile device management from the start. Learn about many of the notable trends and key issues associated with Business Mobility and where to find additional resources for consideration.

In this report, Aberdeen takes an in-depth look at how best-in-class organizations are using mobile messaging to improve productivity and customer service. They also define the steps that can help your organization deploy a best-in-class enterprise mobile messaging solution.

This White Paper outlines how mobile solutions help organizations work efficiently in a global business environment. It also discusses how organizations can best create processes around device usage, data/service access and security.

Maintaining security while providing mobile workers with access to the information they need, when and where they need it, is complex. This white paper helps you understand the risks associated with mobile applications, handhelds and wireless networks—then shows you how Good Mobile Messaging helps you address these issues.

With the ever evolving threat landscape, what will 2008 hold for IT Managers?  This podcast provides a high level overview of a few trends to watch for this year.

This paper discusses the value of two-factor authentication systems that provide vital access security for today's mobile workforces, who can now be productive from numerous remote locations: the home office, the airport, hotels, and customer sites. Moreover, the ubiquitous nature of mobile phones has now given rise to a new, convenient form factor for the software-based authenticator that resides right on the mobile phone/device.

Enterprises are increasingly opening up their networks to a greater constituency of remote users, but they often do not take into consideration the protection of user identity as a critical component of their strategy. The mobile workforce can now work productively from a remote location such as a home office, the airport, a hotel, or a customer site.

Mobile devices represent a tremendous productivity advantage for today’s mobile worker. However, IT organizations must give consideration to the deployment of device security policies in order to provide the level of security that enterprises require.

Wireless access to enterprise information is going mainstream. However, while the groundswell of enthusiasm for wireless access is coming from the bottom up, the management of wireless access needs to be driven from the top down. Learn how you can build a solid wireless strategy for your organization.

This white paper will explore what security challenges wireless networks present, suggest best practices to ensure Wireless LAN security, and demonstrate how AirDefense Enterprise, a Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention System, can help you define, monitor and enforce your wireless security policy.

This paper presents the security risks inherit in wireless networks and explores the technical, functional and return on investment requirements needed for a monitoring solution for companies looking to protect and fortify their wireless networks from rogue wireless devices.

This paper outlines the specific elements of wireless LAN security (perimeter control, access control, date protection, and monitoring) and WLAN management (configuration, fault diagnostics, network usage, and policy enforcement). Reader will gain a keen understanding of how to effectively lockdown a wireless LAN and manage it for peak performance.

This document outlines how hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in 802.11 wireless LANs and describes the widely available hacking tools. As a collection of already published risks to wireless LANs, this white paper is written to inform IT security managers of what they are up against.

This white paper is designed to guide network administrators and security managers to design, implement, and enforce wireless LAN security policies that enable every organization to fully reap the benefits of wireless LANs without experiencing undue management pains and security holes.

In today’s mobile world, the user is at the center of the application experience. This is true whether the user is a customer, a partner, or an employee. Yet meeting the needs for the enterprise user poses particular challenges. Apps must work seamlessly across devices and screen sizes, enabling real-time collaboration, without sacrificing data security. This balance requires a mobile app development platform built for the unique demands of the enterprise.

It wasn’t long ago that being on the cutting edge of business meant having a website where customers could purchase your products, but that quickly changed. Soon, it wasn’t enough just to have an e-commerce presence; you had to offer an interactive and engaging customer experience (see Web 2.0). Now the standard has shifted once again; in order to truly compete in the modern economy, your business needs to have a mobile storefront on smart phones and tablets. Without this mobile presence, you’ll lose business to competitors who have them. With this new challenge comes high risk as well as great reward. With mobility, the client side of your applications is more important than ever. Instead of accessing your website from the safe confines of work or home, your customers can now perform sensitive transactions anywhere. As a result, mobile applications, and the devices and data they interact with, can now be more easily attacked.

The year 2011 ended with a staggering 5.9 billion mobile phone subscriptions, especially significant considering that the total world population is around 7.011 billion. Of course, a direct comparison is not fair since many people have multiple subscriptions, but it represents a window into the pervasiveness of these devices and how they are an integral part of people’s lives today. For enterprises, this also represents the impending end to the old computing era and the emergence of the mobile worker. Enabling mobility in the workplace is a top-of-mind goal for decision-makers within every organization. This necessity is brought about by the consumerization of IT and the requirement to develop policies to manage the “bring-your-own-device” (BYOD) trend.