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Learning Airwatch

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Learning Airwatch

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning AirWatch
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
The Future of Mobility
Index

Security overview


We are living in a world where the consumer is driving the technology and the enterprises are trying to catch up with them. With the release of iPhone in 2007, there has been an incredible growth in the use of smart devices and this only continues to grow. The trend has also shifted to the adoption of tablet devices with the release of iPad in 2010. Since then, users are carrying around multiple different mobile devices. Because of this, users demand to be able to access and do everything from their smart devices. The big concern, as we all know, is how to provide this access to the users securely and ensure that the data isn't being leaked.

Over the years, the laptop and desktop markets have matured steadily with the growth of management tools to update the devices and the ability to enforce security policies and firewall rules and ensure that the antivirus is installed and up to date. With the rapid growth of mobile devices, we have been faced with the challenge of efficiently...