The fourth point includes integrating mobility into long-term vision. This involves updating the company approach to security.

Expanding mobile situational awareness is SBIC's fifth strategy. It recommends an expansion of understanding of the mobile ecosystem, and maintaining pace with the evolution of technology.

"Similar to PCs, with mobile computing we'll see largely consumer phenomenon evolve into a comprehensive enterprise framework which allows sufficient security over data," T-Mobile USA (which is part of the SBIC) CIO and enterprise information security vice-president, William Boni, said.

"It has to evolve fast. But will it be fast enough? We're in an arms race between malicious exploitation and security protection."