What are the major strategies and why is it important to implement security policy’s in today’s organizations?
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Mobile Computing Security
Mobile Computing Security
Table of Contents
1. Abstract………………………………………………………………………………3
2. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….4
3. Current Trends in Mobile Computing Security………………………………………5
4. Steps for Data Confidentiality and Integrity…………………………………………6
5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………7
6. References……………………………………………………………………………8
Abstract
This paper will deal with one of the important concepts of the technological industry. Mobile Computing Security is the critical problem facing by most of the industries and following improper measures to control this problem will lead to loss of critical data and will also bring huge loss to the organization. This paper will discuss the current trends that organizations are facing with mobile security. This paper will also explain about the steps to be taken by all the organizations to control data integrity and confidentiality.
Introduction
Security is the core part of the organization and most of the organizations use to work in the office as they have lot of security and firewalls provided in the office which brings lot of data integrity in the organization. But now a day’s all the data and voice transfers are happening on the mobile devices, laptops and tablets which are connected to the wireless networks. Using these kinds of devices are advantageous for all kinds of people to work from anyplace at anytime (Krishna, 2015). By implementing these kinds of devices at office and also for doing personal works is causing lot of security problems in the organizations and also leading to the loss of data. Loss of sensitive data will bring many problems to the organizations and all the stakeholders. This will lead move the organization to huge financial troubles. To control these kinds of problems everyone has to follow some set of strict rules and procedures (Chris, 2011).
Current trends with Mobile Computing Security
Mobile computing is used by all the organizations because of seamless access to information from anyplace in anytime. There are many current trends in the mobile computing which brings lot of security problems to the organizations. Some of them are:
1. BYOD (Bring your own device): It is the one of the hot topic in the organizations where organizations are allowing all the employees to bring their own devices like laptops, tablets and mobile devices for professional work. This will decrease the budget for the organization but it increases many problems. As the organizations cannot control the devices that are beyond their network and this will be very advantageous to many hackers to access the information (Paul, 2009).
2. Anytime, anywhere and any device: This is one the best feature in mobile computing where all the employees can access the information from any place and can also work at anytime. All the employees are treating the professional information as their personal work without proper security measures like firewalls and antivirus (Paul, 2009).
3. Mobile Applications: There are many web and mobile applications released into the market by various vendors and most of the applications are from un trusted sources which bring various Trojans and virus into the systems and the whole data will be under serious security threat (Andreas, 2012).
4. Wireless internet connection: The whole mobile computing technology works based on the wireless internet connection which is one of the major drawback where it gives way to many intruders into the network to access the information.
5. Weak Operating Systems: Most of the personal computers will not have current operating systems which is one more weak point for security attack.
Steps for Data Confidentiality and Integrity
Mobile computing is the current trend in the market and there are many attacks on the systems due to weak security. To overcome this all the organizations should take serious measures to maintain data confidentiality.
1. Ensure to update software: The software’s in the mobile computing devices should be updated to the latest version to stay away from the latest security threats (Chris, 2011).
2. Strong Passwords: The passwords for all the devices should be very strong and critical as there will be more chances to lose the device or any unauthorized access to the systems. The passwords should be changed regularly and there should be timeout for the system (Michael, 2011).
3. Ensure to have strong firewalls: The organizations and all the employees should ensure to have strong firewalls for the systems and the network and also there should be good malware detection software’s installed on the systems. The organizations should ensure that all the systems are following the proper security measures (Chris, 2011).
4. Shop for Secure Applications: Buying secure applications from a trusted vendors will be very safe for all the devices. This will also keep the devices away from security issues (Michael, 2011).
5. Device tracking software: All the organizations should ensure that there is a device tracking software installed on all the systems as there will lot of sensitive data on the systems and lose of this will bring many problems.
6. Encryption of data: Apart from the encryption to the systems there should be very tough encryption to the data in the system which will save many sensitive documents from many intruders (Michael, 2014).
7. Network protection: The network should be protected on a secured layer and there should be a proper firewall for the network. Even the network should also have strong passwords to access.
Conclusion
All the organizations have found the best way to complete their work by choosing mobile computing as their platform. There are many advantages by mobile computing but at the same way there are many security related issues associated. Organization can overcome all these attacks and can maintain security by giving proper training to all the employees, stakeholders, following right policies. Following all these steps will ensure proper security and will reduce lot of risks. All the technology professionals should work very hard to design new technologies that will save the organizations from security problems.
References
Andreas, B. (2012). Top 5 Enterprise Security Trends. Retrieved from
https://esj.com/Articles/2012/08/06/5-Enterprise-Security-Trends.aspx?Page=1
Chris,D. , & Mike, S. (2011). IT Auditing: Using Controls to Protect Information Assets.
Newyork: McGraw hill Education.
Krishna, P. , Bala, C. (2015). Security issues and challenges in mobile computing and M-commerce. International Journal of Computer Science & Engineering Survey, 6(2), 29-45.
Michael, C. (2014). 10 commons mobile security problems to attack. Retrieved from
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010278/10-common-mobile-security-problems-to-attack.html
Michael, A. (2011). Smart security steps for mobile computing. Retrieved from
Paul, D. (2009). Trends in Mobile Computing. Retrieved from
http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/feature/Trends-in-mobile-computing
