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Every business in this day and age must embrace mobile in order to remain competitive, and well, simply to take advantage of the benefits mobile devices provide. These benefits, however, come with additional risk. We’ll talk a bit later about managing mobile assets but first let’s address the risks that come along with them. There are two types of risks mobile devices bring to an organization – security and financial risk. The security risk is like any other device, except heightened because the device is carried around and can easily be lost, exposing your company’s vital data to anyone who happens to find that mobile phone. When handing out mobile devices to employees, it is important to give them strict guidelines along with it, determining their use and also ask them to always lock the keyboard when in use with a password.

Financial risk associated with mobile devices is also a burden. Although initially, these devices can be obtained for very little, replacing them and maintaining them isn’t always so cheap. They also, come with an expiration date, like any other computer equipment, they have a short lifespan and need to be upgraded quite often, which can be costly. Mobile operators are constantly updating their devices and networks to offer users the latest and greatest, which comes at a cost to the enterprise, who are paying for these devices en mass.

The risks here don’t outweigh the benefit of deploying mobile devices as far as I am concerned. Although some would say having mobile devices makes them work harder and more hours, it certainly can be said that productivity is increased, which makes the C-Suite happy and the profits bigger…

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