The key to securing your mobility is to understand how it is being used in your environment and what is potentially at risk. Taking stock of the mobile devices, applications and traffic in your network is critical to identifying how your data and resources are potentially vulnerable.

Since mobile devices are being used to do more and more -the devices being carried around today are 3000 times more powerful than the compute power on the original space shuttle6 - the potential risks continue to increase. Once an attacker is "in" - tricking a user into downloading malware or a malicious app, infecting a Wi-Fi hot spot, exploiting a device vulnerability, in the operating system, hardware, configurations, etc. - they can do almost anything on the device and apps, including:

• Intercept emails and text messages
• Steal application data, including content within secure containers and wrappers
• Capture browsing activity, including any usernames and passwords entered into sites
• Extract contact lists, call and text logs
• Activate the microphone (to listen in on private conversations and meetings)
• Use the camera to take pictures or videos (white boards, manufacturing plant layouts, etc.)
• Track location (where an executive is going could provide insights into potential customer deals or merger/acquisition plans, etc.) Stakeholders across your organization will likely view these risks differently and have different expectations around what is needed to effectively secure your data and resources. Since security is always a balancing act, requiring decisions on when and how to allow or shut down access, it's important to understand what your stakeholders are looking for out of mobility and what they are willing to accept in terms of security.

Stakeholders across your organization will likely view these risks differently and have different expectations around what is needed to effectively secure your data and resources. Since security is always a balancing act, requiring decisions on when and how to allow or shut down access, it's important to understand what your stakeholders are looking for out of mobility and what they are willing to accept in terms of security.