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Dell’s Five Best Practices for Maximizing Mobility Benefits while Maintaining Compliance with Data

Security and Privacy Regulations


Inside ü  Tips for deploying or expanding BYOD

programs while remaining compliant

ü  Recommendations for securing and controlling access to devices, data and networks

ü  Guidance for deploying solutions designed to help ease BYOD management and compliance


Carefully Align BYOD with Security

Dell recommends that companies carefully align their bring-your-own-device (BYOD) program with data security and privacy regulations to avoid any pitfalls concerning compliance.


BYOD Comes with a Cost

While BYOD initiatives can be great for employees, they often pose a potential nightmare for employers as failure to comply with regulations can result in companies suffering financial penalties, litigation and damage to their reputation.


HIPAA

For example, to meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards, healthcare providers, insurers, employers, schools and other organizations must secure access to all patient healthcare and payment information.


PCI DSS

Likewise, to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), merchants must protect cardholder information for credit, debit and other types of payment cards.


Protect Your Private Information

Even in sectors with fewer regulations, organizations are under increasing pressure to protect private information.

For that reason, Dell advocates the following five best practices for protecting regulated data and employee privacy:


Identify, Confirm and Protect Regulated Data

Start by identifying all regulated data and then determining which data will be generated on, accessed from, stored on, or transmitted by BYO devices.

Once regulated data has been identified, organizations can decide on the best strategies for protecting it and ensuring compliance.



Heavily regulated data may require a multifaceted approach, including a combination of:

ü  Encryption to keep data safe in the event of a breach

ü  Secure workspaces to keep regulated data from commingling with personal information

ü  Virtualization for heightened IT control of applications and the data they access



ü  Data leakage protection (DLP) to control which data mobile employees can transmit through BYO devices and to prevent the transfer of regulated data from a secure app to an insecure app

ü  The ability to remotely wipe data from a device, if necessary.


Control Access to Data and Networks

ü  Deploy solutions for monitoring, tracking and controlling access rights according to a user’s identity, device type, location, time of access and resources accessed.

ü  In addition, prevent employees from accessing data on unsecured (or jailbroken) devices or transmitting unsecured data using their own device.


Control Access to Data and Networks

ü  A complete solution for identity and access management (IAM), firewalls and virtual private networks can protect data and networks.

ü  It also can help control administrative complexity and support numerous device types, operating systems, user roles, data types and regulatory requirements.

ü  The solution should make it simple for authorized users to access information and resources from personally owned devices to maximize mobile flexibility and productivity.


Secure Devices

ü  Demand extra security for employee-owned devices.

ü  As a first step, require a password to access devices or the secure workspaces on them.

ü  In addition, a smart card reader or fingerprint reader can prevent unauthorized access to tablets and laptops if they are lost, stolen or inadvertently used by family or friends.


Develop Compliant Apps with Proof of Compliance

Be sure the applications developed for mobiles devices maintain compliance.

To assess application compliance, ask the following questions:

ü  Can the multifactor authentication required for enterprise applications be employed on smartphones?

ü  Are the mobile devices storing sensitive information as an employee interacts with an enterprise application?


Develop Compliant Apps with Proof of Compliance

ü  Does a secure web session expire in the same amount of time on a tablet as it would on a corporate desktop?

ü  To assist with the application compliance process, many companies enlist the help of an application development consultant with experience and expertise in ensuring the compliance of mobile apps.

ü  To show proof of compliance, be sure the solution supports appropriate reports and audit trails while controlling complexity.


Train Employees on the Importance of Maintaining Compliance

ü  Employees must understand the critical importance of adhering to regulations and potential consequences of compliance failures.

ü  Mobile employees must be especially sensitive to potential breaches while outside corporate walls.

ü  A signature on a document promising adherence to rules is not enough. Ongoing education is essential.


Overcoming Mobility Compliance Challenges with Dell Mobility/BYOD Solutions

ü  End-user computing devices

ü  Wireless networking

ü  Secure remote access

ü  Next-gen firewalls

ü  IAM

ü  Enterprise mobility management

ü  Services.

UTG’s extensive portfolio of Dell mobility solutions includes:


Delivering Complete and Connected Software Solutions

UTG Dell solutions empower companies of all sizes to experience the “Power to Do More” by delivering scalable yet simple-to-use solutions that can increase productivity, responsiveness and efficiency.

UTG solutions are uniquely positioned to address today’s most pressing business and IT challenges with holistic, connected solutions across five core solution areas, encompassing data center and cloud management, information management, mobile workforce management, security and data protection.

We help customers simplify IT, mitigate risk and accelerate business results.


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Reference: http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/press-releases/2014-07-22-dell-mobility-data-security-privacy-regulations

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