Article from FORBES 5/23/2012 @ 10:50AM |36,211 views

 

With 6 billion global mobile subscribers and over 35 billion apps downloaded to those devices, one begins to wonder how secure this situation is for businesses. In fact it’s not.

 

The situation can best be described as turning an organization’s network security into Swiss cheese, where holes are opening up from devices everywhere.

Welcome to the mobile business revolution. Along with any major insurgency, what previously seemed secure meets what suddenly makes it vulnerable.

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Gust MEES: Thanks to Kevin Corbett for this Tip and once again I should say; NOBODY IS PERFECT and a secure Internet can ONLY be there when ALL of us are helping to make it secure by protecting our "BYOD" devices!

 

Check out also my FREE courses about basic IT-Security here (easy to follow and to understand)  by 5 minutes tutorials:

 

- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/category/get-smart-with-5-minutes-tutorials/

 

- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/bring-your-own-device-advantages-dangers-and-risks/

 

- http://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/beginners-it-security-guide/

 

 

Read more:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2012/05/23/what-apple-and-google-are-not-telling-you-about-mobile-device-security-infographic/

 

 

Via Gust MEES, ThePinkSalmon