Case Study

The influx of consumer devices has brought along a variety of potential security risks through the consumer applications that end users have on their devices. Hamilton Health Sciences built an application ecosystem that mitigates the risk of...

Solution Set

The influx of consumer devices has brought along a variety of potential security risks through the consumer applications that end users have on their devices. Protect the organizational assets while enabling end-user productivity.

Note

The influx of consumer devices has brought along a variety of potential security risks through the consumer applications that end users have on their devices. Protect the organizational assets while enabling end-user productivity.

Video

This video introduces the key driver of personal and unmanaged applications (PUAs) and the potential long term application portfolio strategy to integrate these into the enterprise.

Tool

Understand how personal and unmanaged devices (PUDs) could impact your budget. Use this tool decide how much the potential fixes will cost you to implement, and what savings are available by leveraging PUDs to re-design your infrastructure.

Note

The influx of consumer devices has put the Infrastructure Manager under heavy pressure to either provide access or lock down the network. Protect organizational assets while enabling end-user productivity.

Solution Set

The influx of consumer devices has put the Infrastructure Manager under heavy pressure to either provide access or lock down the network. Protect organizational assets while enabling end-user productivity.

Case Study

The influx of consumer devices has put the Infrastructure Manager under heavy pressure to either provide access or lock-down the network. Hamilton Health Sciences built a solution that has lessons for all organizations.

Vendor Research

This report is designed to provide vendors and solution providers an understanding of the views and plans of IT departments when it comes to the consumerization of IT and the proliferation of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).

Vendor Research

This report will help vendors and partners understand the market dynamics impacting endpoint encryption purchase behavior.

Vendor Research

This report is designed to help vendors, carriers, and solution providers understand how IT professionals view the issue of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).

Note

When it comes to purchasing desktops and laptops, avoid buyers remorse and negotiate the best deal.

Template/Policy

This policy outlines the baseline behaviors required to ensure that employees, contractors and related constituents who use mobile devices to access corporate resources for business use do so in a safe, secure and responsible manner.

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Tool

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Tool

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