Published: 12 April 2012
ID: G00231048
Analyst(s): Eric Maiwald
Securing mobile endpoints (including notebooks, tablets and smartphones) is a requirement for most organizations. The controls needed on the mobile endpoint depend on the information to be stored on the device (if any is to be stored at all), the ownership of the mobile endpoint device and the mobile application architecture. This Decision Point examines the architectural decisions for mobile endpoint controls and shows the relationship between security controls, the mobile application architecture, network connectivity and mobile device management.
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