Use Data Encryption to Secure Mobile Business Data

Over the past two decades, private, public and governmental organizations have built walls to contain their businesses. More specifically, firewalls. These firewalls were built as safeguards to establish secure perimeters within which enterprise computing, communication devices and data are safe from attack from outsiders. However, the emergence of business mobility and the explosion in the number of mobile devices—laptops, smartphones, PDAs and thumb drives—within the marketplace have rendered firewalls alone somewhat obsolete when it comes to protecting an organization's sensitive data from theft, loss or hackers.

Currently, there are 25 million Blackberry users in the United States alone, with that number expected to expand by 25 percent over the coming year as more people abandon their typical cell phones for smartphones that allow them access to more data. Laptop, PDA and thumb drive sales are also predicted to rise. It's all part of an expanding mobile work force, which allows business to be done outside the typical four walls and the 9 to 5 workday schedule.