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Research In Motion Tops Security Assessment
By: Michelle Maisto
2009-05-27
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RIM ranked highest in a new security assessment from Lopez Research, which rated offerings from RIM, Apple and Microsoft Windows Mobile. By a margin, third place went to Apple, which received an overall score of 1 out of 4, to RIMs 4 out of 4.Research In Motion came out on top in a security assessment of enterprise
mobility solutions.
In a new report on the importance of robust security within mobile deployments
from Lopez Research, President Maribel Lopez, a former Forrester Research analyst,
offers an assessment of the security offerings from Apple, RIM and Windows
Mobile.
Lopez rates each companys offering by three criteriadevice, network and
transmissionon a scale of 0 to 4, and finally offers an overall mobile
security rating.
Apple
met with a goose egg on the device side, with Lopez noting that the
operating system can be compromised, on-device encryption is lacking and the
iPhone lacks over-the-air updates.
Networking, Apples strongest category, received three out of four points.
Uses the same active directory based on authentication methods as Windows
Mobile, Lopez wrote. Overall, however, Apple received a 1 out of 4 rating.
The original iPhone had numerous security holes that
were improved by the July 2008 release, such as remote wipe, password
policy enforcement and VPN, Lopez wrote in her overall assessment, finally
concluding that Enterprises should proceed with caution and limit the use of
iPhones, especially for sensitive data.
Microsoft Windows Mobile fared better, in Lopezs assessment, with an overall
rating of 3 out of 4.
Microsofts solution leverages the existing infrastructure, such as Active
Directory, to manage Windows Mobile capable devices, meaning IT can manage the
system with familiar tools and capabilities, she said.
She continued, It also recently achieved common criteria certification EAL 2+
for Windows Mobile 6.1 in August of 2008. The combination of MDM and a VPN
provides a reasonable security solution for firms that would like to use
Windows Mobile devices.
Devices was Microsofts lowest-scoring category, receiving 2 out of 4 points
for reasons such as supporting OTA updates (good!) but not having on-device
encryption (not so good).
The star of Lopezs assessment was RIM, which scored 4 out of 4 in each
category, for an overall rating of the same.
RIM offers strong security protection across the device, transmission and the
network domains through tight control of the device, its software and its
application control policies, Lopez wrote. While other vendors have stepped
up security efforts in the past year, RIM
offers the most robust security solution.
In conclusion, Lopez stated that, in truth, its unlikely that firms will use a
single mobile vendor or OS for all their smartphones. More important than
standardizing on a single platform, she concluded, is attempting to provide a
consistent level of security across platforms."
The free report is available for download at the Lopez
Research sitewhich was built on the Apple platform.
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