Our favorite mobile devices have increasingly become susceptible to viruses, data brokers and hackers, which can be very dangerous for users who rely on their phones for work purposes. If you are a business owner or IT technician and have not yet adopted a secure mobile device management (MDM) solution into your network, it is vital that you do so.

The most recent company to add MDM security to its functions is Spiceworks (News - Alert), which has joined forces with Fiberlink to add mobile device management functionality to the next version of its free network and IT management software. The ad-funded Spiceworks software is used by IT staff to uncover the latest happenings on their networks, like what types of apps and programs their employees are using so that they can maintain a productive workflow and protect the company from particular downloads that could threaten security.

There are technologies, like virtual private networks (VPN), which allows businesses to create remote connections with user’s business computer and/or mobile devices from off-site locations. Such VPN usage puts the company’s information at risk if users are downloading applications that could cause a breach in privacy. In order for a company to monitor the devices that are being used on their VPN, it is important that they are utilizing security solutions like MobileIron’s Mobile App Security and Access Control, which allow administers to set which applications are required, allowed or banned.

MobileIron has just become even more secure after its collaboration with the addition of Box (News - Alert) to its AppConnect ecosystem, where businesses can now provide employees with secure content sharing and collaboration across mobile devices. The Mobile IT protects app data-at-rest and data-in-motion and controls the flow of content out of Box, with the ability to revoke access to Box immediately if an employee leaves the company, if the mobile device falls out of compliance with the organization's security policies, or if the device is lost or stolen.

For more information on ways to protect mobile devices, please visit MobileIron and learn about its unique MDM capabilities.