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Jimmy Tsang, Director of Product, IBM

The Quest for Nirvana: Balancing Mobile Security with User Productivity

Business leaders and security officers are increasingly challenged by the risks of sensitive data leaks while striving to enhance employee productivity with mobile devices and apps.  With Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs rapidly adopted by businesses, schools and government agencies, mobile security challenges are greater than ever.

The concerns are similar across organizations:

  • Should we allow BYOD?
  • How can we contain data leaks on mobile devices?
  • What about mobile apps? How risky are they?
  • What security policies should we create?
  • How do we enforce them?
  • What about employee privacy?
  • And how do we balance all of these concerns with the pressure to deliver access to information at anytime and from anywhere?

In this keynote, we explore recent high-profile events and threats to mobile security, and highlight mobility trends – from IBM data and analytics – that are empowering users. Then we outline how organizations leverage modern mobile security and management tools to mitigate these threats while enhancing productivity.