Mobile Device Security

[Valerie Vogel <vvogel () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Greetings,

A recent Wired Campus article states that student smartphone use has
almost doubled since last year (see:
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Student-Smartphone-Use/24876/). As
student, faculty, and staff use of smartphones continues to increase,
security of these (and other) mobile devices will become an increasingly
important issue for campuses.

Since the topic of mobile devices - and the security of mobile data - is
such a hot topic right now, the EDUCAUSE & Internet2 Higher Education
Information Security Council (HEISC) has responded by creating a new
wiki page, "Ten Steps to Secure Your Mobile Device", which includes
US-CERT recommendations, as well as links to higher education resources,
industry resources, and recent articles. 

https://wiki.internet2.edu/confluence/display/itsg2/Mobile+Device+Securi
ty

Please feel free to send suggestions for additional resources. And don't
forget to share this link with others on your campus who might find the
information useful.

Thank you,
Valerie
_______________

Valerie M. Vogel
Program Associate
EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity Initiative
office: (202) 331-5374
e-mail: vvogel () educause edu 
http://www.educause.edu/cybersecurity

Follow HEISC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/HEISCouncil