By Matthew Witten, MBA, CISA, CISSP, CRISC, MCSA, ACE MOBILE SECURITY AND THE CHANGING WORKFORCE

WHO KNOWS THIS GUY?

WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?

WHERE IS MOBILE HEADED? 4 Billion mobile devices by Billion devices by 2020

WRAPPING OUR HEAD AROUND IT Do we allow personal devices on the network? (BYOD) Do we only allow company purchased devices? Are we entering a Perfect Storm?

BYOD – FORGET THE PAST Cannot vet apps Traditional admin vs user roles do not exist Traditional policies may not be effective

BYOD Personal and corporate data intertwined (Sandboxing) Geo-location policy Do you really save money?

BYOD – IS THERE A HAPPY MEDIUM?

BYOD – THINGS TO PONDER

* Visage Mobile study

BYOD – MOVING TO THE CLOUD Risk vs. Rewards Loss of Control?

BYOD – MOVING TO THE CLOUD

MOBILE - THE NEXT (CURRENT) GENERATION

MOBILE IN EDUCATION

MOBILE IN EDUCATION - RESEARCH CourseSmart and Wakefield Research: 67% cannot go more than 1 hour without digital technology and 40% cannot last more than 10 minutes 79% use mobile technology for quick knowledge checks before a test 68% believe they are saving more than 2 hours a day using their devices

MOBILE IN EDUCATION - RESEARCH CourseSmart and Wakefield Research: (cont.) 51% prefer digital textbooks on eReaders to print textbooks 58% have taken an online course Even with traditional courses, 79% have submitted papers and assignments online and 71% have taken tests and quizzes online

MOBILE IN EDUCATION - RESEARCH CourseSmart and Wakefield Research: (cont.) 18% report receiving materials via Facebook 58% have taken an online course 84% can access their syllabus and 78% of students receive class updates and news via online learning systems

MOBILE IN RESEARCH Innovations and advances Data collected onsite With new development comes new risks

GPS May 2, 2000 GPS Dot

GPS No more Big Brother, but Big Neighbor Wave Bubble (be careful… not good like on the surface) GPS Spoofing

GPS

What are you going to do when this new cool asset tracking is shown to your CIO? What are the protections and countermeasures that can be put into place?

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Developing a mobile and cloud security policy Who is going to be the first liability case? Sure Headed IT hits the fan Remember: MDM Security

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Examine the risk and reward How do we prevent users from bypassing controls?

I LEAVE YOU WITH DILBERT… ©2007, Dilbert Cartoon

THANK YOU!