Endpoint/Device Security

Our educational institutions continue to set the pace in BYOD.

Securing mobile devices - and, by extension, our enterprises - is the topic of this month's Group Test.

An organizing solution was found to manage mobile devices being used in Florida's Hillsborough School District, reports Greg Masters.

Social Security and driver's license numbers belonging to crime victims, suspects and police were on the machine.

Despite alarming new numbers about the growth of mobile applications that are created to be malicious, researchers maintain legitimate apps that gain access to too much information are the real concern at the moment.

A study has found that 40 percent of IT security professionals weren't sure if their organizations were compliant with laws governing mobile data.

Cloud computing services and social networks are pushing data to external networks, but mobile devices are circumventing corporate networks entirely.

The app acts the same way that rogue anti-virus, or ransomware, installed on desktops and laptops would. Users are made to believe their device is infected with viruses, and if they want it cleaned, they must pay up.