Increased mobility has led to some incredible advances for organizations that can now conduct business anywhere and at any time. However, as we have explored this increase in mobility is coupled with rising security threats that could transform these benefits into a catastrophic security issue. Taking the proper steps and putting into place a risk control process to prevent these occurrences can go a long way. But it is also important to remember that it doesn't end with the organization. The business AND the employees both need to do their part to ensure that best practices are followed and education is provided to increase security precautions. If everyone in the organization takes the responsibility to manage this task then an organization will achieve its goals in effective mobile security governance.

Robert Zhang, Ph.D, CISSP, CISM is a Principal Consultant at GlassHouse Technologies. He has been a lead security architect and has more than 13 years of hands-on experience in 2G/3G wireless networks, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Fixed-Mobile Convergence, and IMS deployment. Robert has also served as an information security practitioner with direct customer working experience in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific.