Securing the mobile worker
The modern workplace is
evolving and, as a result, it’s
becoming more complex for
IT departments to efficiently
manage and secure access
to all of a company’s assets.
Tommaso De Orchi, Director
of Product and Solutions at
Yubico, tells us how businesses
should be approaching the
matter of mobile security.
he workplace is no longer
confined to a specific office
building or a designated
company machine. Instead, work is
being done on the go – from home, a
coffee shop or a hotel – and oftentimes
it’s done with the use of a mobile device,
whether it’s company provisioned or not.
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Mobile phones are difficult to protect
and even if every device across the
organisation is armed with an anti-
malware app that’s regularly updated,
criminals can compromise a business’
most sensitive assets by using other,
more effective, methods. For example, a
mobile user is 18 times more likely to be
exposed to a phishing attempt than to
malware and the latest phishing scams
fool even the savviest of users.
Phishing scams
When it comes to email specifically,
which is one of the most common
The fact that
personal mobile
devices are often
not considered part
of an organisation’s
overall security policy
means that these
devices will be more
vulnerable to attack.
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With the overall use of mobile apps on
the rise, mobile devices in particular
are introducing a new set of security
concerns for organisations. So what
vulnerabilities do mobile devices
introduce, what attacks are aimed at
mobile phone users and what can
enterprises do to protect themselves
against these threats?
Mobile threats