The adoption of Mobility within an enterprise causes multiple changes to the IT infrastructure and the enterprise needs to strike a balance between the value added to business processes and the Security risk posed by the mobile initiatives. CIOs need to act fast ensuring that they inculcate the fast changes introduced by mobility and also address security risks or possible issues that may affect corporate security with the introduction of new technology.

Security of mobile infrastructure is quite vital since it presents a multi-faceted issue for enterprises that needs to be addressed proactively both at the implementation level as well as during maintenance. This needs to the topmost priority for the management to make sure that critical company data and applications are protected from possible foreign threats or attacks post the deployment of Mobility Solutions, at the same time not affecting the overall user experience for the employees.

The enterprise IT team should comply strictly with the standard industry protocols which result in improved security measures for the corporate infrastructure. Mobile applications should be engineered in a way that provides applications with enterprise standard security provisions and role/hierarchy based access to employees. These should include single sign on, LDAP, SSL and MDM capabilities like remote wipe, remote user provisioning and multiple device deployment of mobile applications with full range of security features.

Having discussed the security requirements, it should also be borne in mind that these possible security risks should not deter the firms from implementing effective mobility solutions which ultimately help add value to business processes and improve employee productivity. If the mobile solutions are seamlessly integrated with the existing infrastructure, enterprises will be able to reap maximum benefits by utilizing mobility.

Experienced vendors like InterraIT with vast experience in the mobility domain, can help your organization in embracing mobility solutions which offer all the capabilities a modern enterprise needs including security, multiple platform support, key business application integration and effective user experience.

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