To date, the security risks created by using personal devices for work have been handled by mobile device management solutions, which range from controlling access to the corporate network to controlling access to data.

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He says the proliferation of mobile devices in the enterprise has increased the urgency of moving some functionality to the cloud, to make it easier for the corporate workforce to access data whenever they want, from wherever they happen to be, on any available device, and to do so safely.

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For employees who absolutely need mobile access to corporate applications, or who hold or access sensitive data (such as senior executives, legal staff and others), a model of corporate provision and corporate liability is advisable.

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The first thing companies should do is figure out what devices employees are using that already have access to corporate data, then decide which employees and devices the company will support going forward.

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It supports both corporate-owned and personal-owned (BYOD - Bring Your Own Device) device deployments and mixed environments of BlackBerry and other devices, providing mobile device management, mobile application management, and secure access to corporate data.

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That's the way it works at Littler Mendelson PC, a San Francisco law firm, where only company-provided devices can access corporate email or data.

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