Smartphones are everywhere today – equally found in the hands of consumers or the enterprise community. But for all their apparent user-friendliness, they can represent a significant threat to corporate data.

IT departments need to think long and hard before deciding on the right smartphone platform for their business needs. In 2010, analyst firm Gartner estimated that around 297 million smartphones were sold worldwide, representing growth of 72 percent since 2009 and accounting for nearly 19 percent of all mobile phone sales.

Most analysts agree that enterprises should be able to enforce several basic security features on any smartphone, including mandatory passwords, over-the-air device wiping capabilities and data encryption on the device itself. In practice, the choice of the smartphone platform itself will determine the effectiveness of the overall policy. Not all smartphones are equal, and some vendors make it harder than others to enforce rigorous security protocols and policies.

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Smartphones, Security and the Enterprise: The Equation to Solve