Business Risks And Security Assessment 
Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS Int. Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Business and Economics, Vancouver, Canada, June 19-21, 2007
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Business Risks and Security Assessment for Mobile Devices
PATRICIA MAYER MILLIGAN
Information Systems Department
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
USA
pati_milligan http://business.baylor.edu/pati_milligan/
DONNA HUTCHESON
Director of It Audit
TXU Corporation
Dallas, Texas
USA
dhutche1 http://www.txu.com
Abstract: - Technology advances over the past decade have elevated business risk from mobile devices to an unparalleled high. The relationships between security, business risks, and their corresponding costs are increasingly complex. Corporate security measures have lagged behind the need for protection. Bottom line security relies on the individual business professional is ethics and diligence in protecting confidential corporate, market, and customer information. This paper identifies and compares the various business risks, assesses prevalent security solutions, and analyzes the total cost of corporate mobile technology.
Key-Words: - Security, Wireless, Smart phone threat, PDA threat, Network threat, Business risk, Malware
1 Introduction
Computing technology advances in the past decade have created a much more flexible corporate work environment. This flexibility is reflected in small mobile devices that are easy to use, provide the ability to receive and make phone calls and voice messages, send and receive emails and instant messages, access the intranet, surf the internet, and access business applications. These capabilities are available whether you are out of the office or out of the country.
Wireless devices make geographic distance a nonissue. Flexibility is also reflected in extremely small mass storage devices. Up to 4 GB of data (equating to approximately 80,000 boxes of paper) can be as small as a pen.
Mobile
technology has enabled greater productivity, availability, and convenience to business professionals and
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Business Risks and Security Assessment for Mobile Devices
PATRICIA MAYER MILLIGAN
Information Systems Department
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
USA
pati_milligan http://business.baylor.edu/pati_milligan/
DONNA HUTCHESON
Director of It Audit
TXU Corporation
Dallas, Texas
USA
dhutche1 http://www.txu.com
Abstract: - Technology advances over the past decade have elevated business risk from mobile devices to an unparalleled high. The relationships between security, business risks, and their corresponding costs are increasingly complex. Corporate security measures have lagged behind the need for protection. Bottom line security relies on the individual business professional is ethics and diligence in protecting confidential corporate, market, and customer information. This paper identifies and compares the various business risks, assesses prevalent security solutions, and analyzes the total cost of corporate mobile technology.
Key-Words: - Security, Wireless, Smart phone threat, PDA threat, Network threat, Business risk, Malware
1 Introduction
Computing technology advances in the past decade have created a much more flexible corporate work environment. This flexibility is reflected in small mobile devices that are easy to use, provide the ability to receive and make phone calls and voice messages, send and receive emails and instant messages, access the intranet, surf the internet, and access business applications. These capabilities are available whether you are out of the office or out of the country.
Wireless devices make geographic distance a nonissue. Flexibility is also reflected in extremely small mass storage devices. Up to 4 GB of data (equating to approximately 80,000 boxes of paper) can be as small as a pen.
Mobile
technology has enabled greater productivity, availability, and convenience to business professionals and