{"id":19090,"date":"2012-02-24T17:36:58","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T07:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=19090"},"modified":"2012-02-24T17:36:58","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T07:36:58","slug":"symantec-survey-reveals-significant-adoption-of-enterprise-mobile-apps-it-focuses-on-balancing-benefits-and-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=19090","title":{"rendered":"Symantec Survey Reveals Significant Adoption of Enterprise Mobile Apps, IT Focuses on Balancing Benefits and Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 23 February 2012<\/strong> <strong>\u2013<\/strong> Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the results of its <a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18213465,23197715,271226,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fcontent%2Fen%2Fus%2Fabout%2Fmedia%2Fpdfs%2Fb-state_of_mobility_survey_2012.en-us.pdf%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_StateofMobility\" target=\"_blank\">2012 State of Mobility Survey<\/a>, which revealed a global tipping point in mobility adoption. The survey highlighted an uptake in mobile applications across organisations with 71 percent of enterprises at least discussing deploying custom mobile applications and one-third currently implementing or have already implemented custom mobile applications.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this adoption, almost half (48 percent) of survey respondents mentioned that mobility is somewhat to extremely challenging (55 percent in Australia) and a further 41 percent of survey respondents identified mobile devices as one of their top three IT risks (43 percent in Australia).\u00a0Yet in the face of these challenges, IT is striking a balance between mobile benefits and risks by transforming its approach to mobility to deliver improved business agility, increased productivity and workforce effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are impressed by the pace of mobile application adoption within organisations,\u201d said CJ Desai, senior vice president, Endpoint and Mobility Group, Symantec. \u201cThis cultural change from refusing mobile devices not long ago, to actively distributing and developing mobile applications, has introduced a new set of challenges and complexities for IT staff. Encouragingly, from a security perspective, a majority of organisations are thinking beyond the simple case of lost or stolen mobile phones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more detailed blog posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18213465,23197715,271227,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fconnect%2Fblogs%2Fmobility-rising-challenge%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_StateofMobility\" target=\"_blank\">Mobility:\u00a0Rising to the Challenge Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18213465,23197715,271228,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fconnect%2Fblogs%2Fsmartphones-need-smart-management-mobility-business-today%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_StateofMobility\" target=\"_blank\">Mobility in Business Today Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The State of Mobility Survey reveals the challenges organisations are grappling with in accommodating the mobility tipping point and also identifies and quantifies mobility-associated risks as perceived by IT decision makers. In this survey, more than 6,000 organisations (300 in Australia) from 43 countries bring to light the change in the usage of mobile devices and mobile applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile Devices Now Critical Business Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The significant adoption of mobile applications demonstrates remarkable confidence, by organisations, in the ability for mobility to deliver value. This confidence is further supported by a rare alignment between expectations and reality upon implementation.\u00a0Furthermore, 59 percent of respondents are now relying on mobile devices for line-of-business applications, another sign that mobility has graduated to mainstream status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile Initiatives Significantly Impacting IT Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As with the adoption of any new technology, mobility is challenging IT organisations. Almost half (48 percent) of respondents mentioned that mobility is somewhat to extremely challenging (55 percent in Australia), while two-thirds noted that reducing the cost and complexity is one of their top business objectives. In Symantec\u2019s view, this increased pain level indicates the transition from small pilots and tactical implementations ? where policies are often bypassed and exceptions are made ? to enterprise-wide deployments where policy standards across a larger scale introduce greater complexity. This also suggests that many implementations are not yet taking sufficient advantage of their existing enterprise systems and processes, which would alleviate much of the pain and cost that comes with larger scale and resource duplication.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobility Risks Impacting Organisations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mobile adoption is not without risks, and IT organisations recognise this challenge. Approximately three out of four organisations indicate maintaining a high level of security is a top business objective for mobility and 41 percent identified mobile devices as one of the top three IT risks (43 percent in Australia), making it the leading risk cited by IT. Concerns are wide-ranging, from lost and stolen devices, data leakage, unauthorised access to corporate resources and the spread of malware infections from mobile devices to the company network. With mobile devices now delivering critical business processes and data, the cost of security incidents can be significant. Globally, the average annual cost of mobile incidents for enterprises, including data loss, damage to the brand, productivity loss, and loss of customer trust was USD$429,000 (AUD$400,218). The global average annual cost of mobile incidents for small businesses was USD$126,000 (AUD$117,000). In Australia, the average cost of mobile incidents across both SMB and enterprise was AUD$172,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organisations that choose to embrace mobility, without compromising on security, are most likely to improve business processes and achieve productivity gains. To this end, organisations should consider developing a mobile strategy that defines the organisation\u2019s mobile culture and aligns with their security risk tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>Some key recommendations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Enable \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 broadly:<\/strong> Mobility offers tremendous \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 opportunities for organisations of all sizes. Explore how you can take \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 advantage of mobility and develop a phased approach to build an ecosystem \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that supports your plan. To get the most from mobile advances, plan for \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 line-of-business mobile applications that have mainstream use. Employees \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 will use mobile devices for business one way or another \u2013 make it on your \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 terms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Think \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 strategically:<\/strong>\u00a0Build a realistic \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 assessment of the ultimate scale of your mobile business plan and its \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 impact on your infrastructure. Think beyond email. Explore all of the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mobile opportunities that can be introduced and understand the risks and \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 threats that need to be mitigated. As you plan, take a cross-functional \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 approach to securing sensitive data no matter where it might end up.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manage \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 efficiently:<\/strong> Mobile devices are legitimate \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 endpoints that require the same attention given to traditional PCs. Many \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of the processes, policies, education and technologies that are leveraged \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for desktops and laptops are also applicable to mobile platforms. So the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 management of mobile devices should be integrated into the overall IT \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 management framework and administered in the same way \u2013 ideally using \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 compatible solutions and unified policies. This creates operational \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 efficiencies and lowers the total cost of ownership.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enforce \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Appropriately:<\/strong> As more employees connect \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 their personal devices to the corporate network, organisations need to \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 modify their acceptable usage policies to accommodate both corporate-owned \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and personally-owned devices. Management and security levers will need to \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 differ based on ownership of the device and the associated controls that \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the organisation requires. Employees will continue to add devices to the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 corporate network to make their jobs more efficient and enjoyable so \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 organisations must plan for this legally, operationally and culturally.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secure \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 comprehensively:<\/strong> Look beyond basic password, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wipe and application blocking policies. Focus on the information and where \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 it is viewed, transmitted and stored. Integrating with existing data loss \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 prevention, encryption and authentication policies will ensure consistent \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 corporate and regulatory compliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Symantec\u2019s 2012 State of Mobility Survey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Symantec\u2019s 2012 State of Mobility Survey was conducted by Applied Research from August-November 2011. The results are based on 6,275 organisations in 43 countries in North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia Pacific, Japan and Latin America. Among small businesses, we spoke with the person in charge of IT. Among enterprises, we contacted senior IT and C-level professionals. For the purposes of this survey, mobile devices refer to handheld devices such as the Blackberry Smartphone, iPhone, Android, iTouch and other similar devices. Laptops are not included in the definition of mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18213465,23197715,271229,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fcontent%2Fen%2Fus%2Fabout%2Fmedia%2Fpdfs%2Fb-state_of_mobility_survey_2012.en-us.pdf%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_StateofMobility\" target=\"_blank\">State of Mobility Survey Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18213465,23197715,271230,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fcontent%2Fen%2Fus%2Fabout%2Fmedia%2Fpdfs%2Fb-state_of_mobility_survey_2012_infographic.en-us.pdf%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_StateofMobility\" target=\"_blank\">Infographic: Enterprises At The Tipping Point In Mobile \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adoption<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18213465,23197715,271231,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare.net%2Fsymantec%2F2012-state-of-mobile-survey-global-key-findings\" target=\"_blank\">SlideShare Presentation: State of Mobility Global Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18213465,23197715,271227,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fconnect%2Fblogs%2Fmobility-rising-challenge%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_StateofMobility\" target=\"_blank\">Mobility: Rising to the Challenge Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18213465,23197715,271232,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fconnect%2Fblogs%2Fsmartphones-need-smart-management-mobility-business-today%3Fom_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_StateofMobility\" target=\"_blank\">Mobility in Business Today Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/auc.tractionplatform.com\/id=4880,18213465,23197715,271233,1?erl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.symantec.com%2Fabout%2Fnews%2Fresources%2Fpress_kits%2Fdetail.jsp%3Fpkid%3Dstate-of-mobility-survey%26om_ext_cid%3Dbiz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_StateofMobility\" target=\"_blank\">State of Mobility Survey Press Kit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Connect with Symantec<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/symantec\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Symantec on \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Symantec\" target=\"_blank\">Join Symantec on \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/xml\/rss\/pr.jsp?om_ext_cid=biz_socmed_twitter_facebook_marketwire_linkedin_2012Feb_worldwide_StateofMobility\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Symantec News RSS Feed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/symantec\" target=\"_blank\">View Symantec\u2019s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SlideShare Channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/connect\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Symantec \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Connect Business Community<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Symantec<br \/>\n<\/strong>Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organisations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\">www.symantec.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, Australia \u2013 23 February 2012 \u2013 Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the results of its 2012 State of Mobility Survey, which revealed a global tipping point in mobility adoption. 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