October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is urging the country to act now and boost protection from cyber threats. According to its report, Annual Cyber Threat Report 2020-21, one cybercrime is reported to the ACSC every 8 minutes, so it’s important for individuals and businesses to boost cyber defences ­– the first step of which is turning on automatic updates. Make no mistake, it’s critical to keep devices and software up to date.

These days, with 18 months of rapid change care of the global pandemic, the traditional 9-5 work framework with employees tethered to their computers in an office environment is no longer the status quo. In addition to employees working in the office, modern workplaces are now made up of remote workers who are working from home as well as employees working in other locations and virtual teams based in other countries.

Both a source of competitive advantage and a threat to the status quo, the rapid rise of smartphones in the workplace has shaped today’s world of industry and commerce. The dynamics of enterprise mobility is heralding a new era of enhanced efficiency and productivity by streamlining communication, improving data accuracy, and eliminating unnecessary paperwork, all of which saves time and associated costs.

A brief overview of some of imei’s InfoSec and SecOps protections on customer and internal data.

In the world of enterprise mobility, there are acronyms aplenty. As we mentioned in an earlier post on the evolving needs of enterprise mobility, MDM, EMM, and MTM are but the tip of the iceberg. What we didn’t talk about in that story is the growing trend to UEM.