Privacy & Security in Mobile Devices, Social Network Services as Related to Business

Abstract

Mobile computing has made it extra easy to maintain contacts either away from home or office. These mobile computing devices are mostly meant to increase productivity in the place of work. Yet, the benefits can easily come along with a good amount of risks too. Business operations require human resources and systems and we cannot do without them in our business operations. Therefore, it is time for professionals engaged in security tasks to consider challenges to information security before considering awareness programs for workers to treat information security as a highly valuable attribute. These awareness raising programs could create attitudinal changes towards risk management with regular use of mobile devices. But, of course, rules and regulations require time to come into effect. Self-awareness brought in with attitudinal changes, takes no time. Nowadays, with the IoT (Internet of Things) it is possible to monitor use of mobile devices, moving around buildings and automobiles. This, in turn, demands robust security systems.