It’s been 6 months since I started working in the Mobile Device Management space and moved ‘Beyond BlackBerry’ working as a pre-sales engineer at Zenprise. Many customers I meet are also making the transition from having a pure BlackBerry deployment and there is a lot to understand in this new world of iOS and Android.
The differences between the mobile operating systems are numerous and ever evolving and I like this info-graphic (shown below) by Veracode that talks though some of the differences between the mobile operating systems from a security perspective (thanks Jim @ Ordina for passing it on!).
As detailed in the infographic there are device side actions that can help make these devices more secure. There is also a lot that can be done from an enterprise perspective – MDM vendors are doing their best to provide a platform to help control and secure these devices in a centralized manner. At Zenprise, the team release new features helping to tackle issues such as how to control the ‘Wild West Application Marketplace’ for Android devices/users or provide secure access to corporate document repositories such as SharePoint. They also add updated functionality to help manage the features that are released frequently by the mobile vendors and manufacturers on a two monthly release schedule, never a dull moment!
