Don't Forget to Wipe Q: How do I manage the growing number of mobile devices in my business and keep my network secure?

Q: How do I manage the growing number of mobile devices in my business and keep my network secure?

In the early aughts, companies handed out BlackBerrys like they were ballpoint pens. If you were a worker going mobile, you were going to do it only on your employer's terms, with a device owned by the company and access to corporate data dictated by the house IT manager. That made keeping tabs on business mobile devices easy.

The homogenous network with only corporate-issued devices is already a relic. Business mobile usage has been visited by a consumerization trend, with employees using all manner of personal mobile devices while within the business and to access corporate data when they're out and about, says Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for security at Infonetics Research.