BYOD master: Safety solutions at a glance

New Gadgets, New Technologies, BYOD and Co: Especially in the mobile environment, companies are exposed to increasing risks. Mobile security solutions help define and implement uniform security standards. However, selecting suitable technologies is not easy. The functionality of the packages differs and the boundaries between the categories are becoming blurred.


Competitive market


BYOD can be problematic, because mobile devices resemble a floo-circle. Here each employee has different preferences. While some prefer the technical freedom of the androids, others like the ease of the Apple devices. The task of IT is to ensure a secure, uniform and, above all, manageable framework.


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An ungrateful job. The attempt to prescribe a technical standard usually fails because of a lack of acceptance by the workforce. As a result, many IT managers tend to leave their colleagues to their will. Often, you can choose between several devices or bring the hardware yourself. On the other hand, company data is sensitive. Therefore, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) strategies should not be at the expense of security.


Flowing transitions


The good news: Even if there is no 100% certainty, one can approach the ideal value with the appropriate solutions up to a few meters. The bad: the market for mobile security is fierce and controlled wild growth opaque. Without a concept, it is difficult to find the right platform.


The mobile threats are multifaceted: viruses, data theft, phishing pages - the typical attacks in the mobile environment hardly differ from those in the stationary workplace. The greatest risk is also the negligence of one's own employees.


Mobile security solutions are therefore structured similarly to their counterparts for the company network. They can be roughly divided into virus scanners, container technologies and "mobile device management" (MDM). The boundaries are fluent: there are virus scanners that manage - at least partially - devices. And for many MDM platforms, container solutions are included. IT decision-makers have to look carefully in order not to end up in front of security gaps or inefficient functional overlaps.


Various solutions for BYOD and mobile security can be found on the following pages.