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On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: > http://channelnomics.com/2012/08/02/study-no-insecure-mobile-apps/ > > No one wants to be the next hacking victim or news headline. Just as > organizations are giving the nod of approval for mobile apps, more are > saying “no” to apps that leave their company vulnerable to hacking. > While that resistance may pose obstacles in the channel, it also > creates windows of opportunity for partners to introduce enterprise > collaboration tools and a host of security solutions for mobile > customers. > > The Q2 2012Zenprise MDM Cloud Report identified key trends in > enterprise mobile adoption and found that, in light of rising mobility > and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) to work trends, organizations have > made more than 100 mobile third-party apps available to their > employees and users. Organizations have also doubled their app > deployment from last quarter. > > And if anything, the rising tide of approved apps indicates a strong > future for channel partners bolstering their MDM portfolio. Perhaps > not surprisingly, the most common whitelisted apps were around > enterprise-related functions, including Citrix, Adobe, Evernote, Find > My iPhone/iPad, Keynote, Google Search, Pages and Cisco AnyConnect, as > well as Dropbox and Skype. > > Organizations have become increasingly wary of productivity wasters, > bandwidth drains and apps known for inherent security risks. In fact, > organizations were nearly twice as active in blacklisting apps in Q2 > as they were the previous quarter, according to the study. Dropbox and > Skype were among the most commonly blacklisted apps, which included > Angry Birds, eBay, Facebook and Google Play/the App store. > > In addition, organizations are becoming more granular in the way they > restrict mobile app users, limiting basic device functionality or apps > such as Google Play, Bluetooth and embedded cameras. As such, more > than a third of companies limit some app or function of a mobile > device, compared to 14 percent last quarter. > > “The numbers indicate that enterprises are getting their arms around > BYOD trends and are now leveraging mobility as a strategic > initiative,” said Amit Pandey, Zenprise CEO. “More enterprise > organizations now recognize the significant productivity and > operational gains that mobile devices can provide, so we’re seeing > companies pushing policies and trying to guide workers toward apps > that provide real business advantage.” > > That increased sense of wariness is not unwarranted. Earlier this > week, cloud collaboration firm Dropbox admitted its site was hacked > when usernames and passwords stolen from other Web sites were used to > gain unauthorized access to Dropbox customer accounts. The improper > access allowed miscreants to pummel users with spam. > > While the Dropbox hack could potentially raise red flags for customers > around free cloud collaboration tools, channel partners could also > leverage incidents like these to promote industry-specific and > enterprise-class collaboration tools, such as Box Inc., SalesForce’s > Chatter and Cisco Systems Inc.’s WebEx Social, to their customers. > > Free public collaboration tools such as Dropbox and others are > particularly attractive because of their cost-effectiveness and, > subsequently, perceived high ROI. However, partners could overcome > cost hurdles by offering solutions that contain more robust security > mechanisms and are a much lower-profile target for hackers, while > highlighting potential financial losses following a data breach. > > Also, according to the Zenprise study, companies are increasingly > deploying a variety of productivity-enhancing policies including > Wi-Fi, VPN and GPS. Likewise, the use of advanced capabilities such as > mobile app tunnels – app-specific encrypted tunnels used to improve > mobile-app security and performance – increased during the second > quarter. > > That bodes well for partners wanting to further delve in mobile device > management. And those with security in their portfolio could be > pivotal in bolstering customers’ mobile strategies with a variety of > offerings, including application control, encryption, mobile security > apps and a variety of MDM solutions. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
