The Evolution of Mobile Security

Today, I posted a blog entry to the Oracle Identity Management blog titled Analyzing How MDM and MAM Stack Up Against Your Mobile Security Requirements. In the post, I walk through a quick history of mobile security starting with MDM, evolving into MAM, and providing a glimpse into the next generation of mobile security where access is managed and governed along with everything else in the enterprise. It should be no surprise that's where we're heading but as always I welcome your feedback if you disagree.

Here's a brief excerpt:

Mobile is the new black. Every major analyst group seems to have a different phrase for it but we all know that workforces are increasingly mobile and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is quickly spreading as the new standard. As the mobile access landscape changes and organizations continue to lose more and more control over how and where information is used, there is also a seismic shift taking place in the underlying mobile security models.

Mobile Device Management (MDM) was a great first response by an Information Security industry caught on its heels by the overwhelming speed of mobile device adoption. Emerging at a time when organizations were purchasing and distributing devices to employees, MDM provided a mechanism to manage those devices, ensure that rogue devices weren’t being introduced onto the network, and enforce security policies on those devices. But MDM was as intrusive to end-users as it was effective for enterprises.

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