Mobile policy and enforcement for consumerization

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About Mobile policy and enforcement for consumerization

To help protect corporate data on users’ mobile devices, many organizations create a mobile policy. But mobile policy creation is no easy task. IT administrators and CIOs must decide which devices they will support, how employees should use them and what recourse the organization has when a device is lost or stolen. A strong mobile policy not only defines what devices and applications the organization supports, but it often explains which technologies IT can use to secure mobile data (i.e., remote-wipe capabilities). Defining a clear mobile policy is critical, but it can be challenging for employers to word documentation in a way that covers all the necessary measures -- and all potential use cases for mobile devices. Organizations also need to establish policy enforcement guidelines in the era of consumerization. It doesn’t matter how strong your mobile policy is, because if there is no policy enforcement, users won’t follow the policy.

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