Actually there is a quite a threat landscape on mobile devices, and its only going to get worse, because of the lack of controls on them. Think a remote wipe of a mobile device ( phone, BB, Iphone, Android, etc al) is forensically sound... think again it isn't and the remote-wipe is easy to bypass, pull the darn batter from the phone, attach a boot device to the phone recover the keys that are on the device and you got all the data on the phone itself. Now imagine its your CEO's phone and his emails, contacts and other company pertinent information is on the phone and now in the hands of the bad guys.
I have to agree with Rod is defintely a mobile device power play these
days, but again they are so insecure, I personally wouldn't be using
them to store anything of value.
If you have had the pleasure of listening or being apart of one of Aaron
Turner (IANS Research Facility) discussions on the latest on mobile
device security ( or lack thereof), you will better understand how
really insecure and behind the times we are, and the risks we are taking
when it comes to these devices.
Aaron Turner
Industry Experience: Before joining INL as the Cybersecurity Strategist
for the National & Homeland Security division, Mr. Turner worked in
several of Microsoft's security divisions. He was also the Security
Readiness Manager for Microsoft's Sales, Marketing, and Services Group
where he led the development of information security curriculum. He has
designed security solutions and responded to incidents in more than 25
countries around the world.
Expertise: Information protection * Intellectual property protection *
Critical infrastructure/government * Encryption * Host IDS * Network
architecture * Network IDS * Data classification * Mobile security *
Wireless security * Threat management
Just google Aaron Turner & Mobile Phone security.
Z
Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
Email:ezi...@lifespan.org
Cell:401-639-3505
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion
Everything is about a mobile device play these days.
From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion
Consider that Intel could hawk to the wireless providers or phone
manufacturers, or both.
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com>
wrote:
Really? We are implementing a mobile device AV/malware product (at great
expense), but what's the real threat landscape? Enterprise products
(WinMo, Blackberry) already include the ability to lock down what can
run on the device. Unless Intel is planning to hawk a product to SOHO
markets (which I doubt), I don't think this is about a big mobile device
play.
Cheers
Ken
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 9:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion
It's more important now than it was then. Look for this to impact
mobile devices more than desktops/laptops.
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion
Intel owning a security product is NOT a new concept ... remember Intel
LanDesk and LanProtect Antivirus ?
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Yow!!!
Now that is a huge surprise. I'm not sure what to be more scared about:
-- That Intel feels it needs integrated security solutions
-- That it feels that McCrappy was the best organization to purchase to
get that capability
-- That we might have integrated McCrappy on our systems whether we like
it or not in a few months/years
-- That AMD or other chipmakers might do something similar to avoid
being left behind.
ASB (My XeeSM Profile) <http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker>
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Simon Butler <si...@sembee.co.uk>
wrote:
Here is a surprise...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20014082-92.html?tag=nl.e498
Simon.
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