"Increased focus on data security and related initiatives will have significant impact in the way business will be conducted"

The Areas In Business Environment Where Solutions Do Not Yet Exist Or Not Up To The Mark, And Which If Existed, Would've Made Job Easier
• Mobile Security – User Control Since Gen Y employees have an opportunity to get their own preferred mobile devices, enterprises are having a serious challenge in securing the corporate information on mobile devices and to identify how best to segregate corporate and personal information on mobile devices. One of the key risks on mobile security front is increasing number of mobile applications with spyware/ malware. Mobile applications ideally ask for user’s permission before it installs the same on the mobile device.

Criminals seek to monetize weaknesses in human nature, mobile app distribution model and lack of awareness among the users. Spyware is best known for data retrieval and the activity will be purely passive and you won’t notice any missing files/crashed programs. The data generated on your smartphone/tablet such as emails/ SMS/MMS/Videos/Photographs and so forth, is sent to an anonymous third party. In more critical terms, even your calls can be recorded or your phone’s microphone remotely activated to eavesdrop on you and everything happening in the vicinity.

As security is built on layered approach, enterprises should ensure that corporate mobile applications adheres to mobile OWASP. Enterprises should also look at choices between MDM and MAM solution as mobile devices are owned by employees. Sandboxing/containerization is the key requirement of any mobile security solution to ensure corporate information is secured. 

Some of the challenges in identifying the right mobile security solutions are multiplatform device support, multiplatform app support, device monitoring/ tracking policies, segregation of personal and corporate data, and segregation of personal and corporate applications

Unfortunately no one solution fits your entire gamut of business requirement. Hope to see better solution soon which is platform agnostic and enterprises can look at single solution to manage the information on the mobile devices. Embracing BYOD will not be true until you provide complete freedom of choice in selecting the mobile device.

Technology Trends Impacting Enterprise Business Environment
• Increased focus on data security and related initiatives will have significant impact in the way business will be conducted
• Increased number of mobile business applications to improve the operational efficiency and to provide better customer experience with much faster response.