Mobile Device Security

The book I read to research this post was Mobile Device Security for Dummies by Rich Campagna et al which is an excellent book which I bought from kindle. By the way if you are considering buying a smartphone or tablet I have done quite a few posts on the various models on my technology blog at http://scratbagroberts.com
The traditional business smartphone is the blackberry & they would use blackberry enterprise server to connect it to the network. Note it only works with blackberry smartphones. The iPhone is catching up as a potential business smartphone. One good thing about the iPhone & iPad is apple have to approve any potential applications & the only official reseller is the iTunes store. Operating systems like android don't have this approval process & also practically anyone can sell apps. The people who wrote this book work in developing & deploying pulse by juniper networks which I think is a good choice if you're looking for software to help with the security issues of connecting smartphones to a network. Windows phone 7 is aimed at the consumer market & lacks things like VPN which are essential for a business phone although it's particularly easy to use. Ideally only company mobile devices should be used to access the company network. If you are in a job like network administrator you should have a policy that all employees should be aware of detailing what they can & can't do as far as accessing the network. I think it's a good idea to make employees hand in camera phones when they are on the company premises because they can easily photograph what is on a VDU screen & commit espionage & that's a common practise in companies in china.