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Lessons learned in mobile device security

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Securing mobile devices and data pulled on and off those road warrior tools is posing more than a few headaches for enterprises. As some organizations experienced, the security effort is initially trial-and-error as some security strategies can actually thwart good security and others can cause havoc with current security tools in place. Find out how several companies dealt with their own particular security needs on wireless network and devices and what they've learned works well and what doesn't. The good news is that for all the various security threats aimed at the mobile computing environment, there are plenty of solutions to batten down data.

For more on securing mobile devices:
- read this article at Network World