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Guidelines for Managing and Securing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise (Draft)

August 10, 2012

Guidelines for Managing and Securing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise (Draft)

Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, typically need to support multiple security objectives: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. To achieve these objectives, mobile devices should be secured against a variety of threats. The purpose of this publication is to help organizations centrally manage and secure mobile devices. Laptops are out of the scope of this publication, as are mobile devices with minimal computing capability, such as basic cell phones. This publication provides recommendations for selecting, implementing, and using centralized management technologies, and it explains the security concerns inherent in mobile device use and provides recommendations for securing mobile devices throughout their life cycles. The scope of this publication includes securing both organization-provided and personally-owned (bring your own device) mobile devices.

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 National Institute of Standards and Technology, privacy and security, technology and internet, telecommunications]

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