As the use of mobile technologies in business increases, more and more critical business and sensitive personal information is being collected, processed and transmitted over shared wireless networks. Mobile devices need to be configured adequately to protect the device itself and data on it from unauthorized use, data disclosure and malicious attacks.

During a planning phase of mobile device deployment, all devices should be considered to meet a baseline requirement in terms of corporate security policy. A baseline security configuration may include:

* Password protection at power-on

* File or directory encryption