Chapter 9: Enterprise Mobility and Endpoint Security Controls

In a large enterprise, there is a business need for flexibility and mobility, but it is vitally important to address the risks, in terms of cybersecurity. Many business solutions comprise heterogeneous workloads on the server side and have to deal with a large number of end devices. These can include traditional desktop computers, laptops, tablets, handheld devices, and wearable technology. We need to assess the security of these devices, choose the appropriate technologies that the enterprise should adopt, and ensure that we can provide the necessary attestation that they do not present unacceptable business risks. There are security requirements to ensure that deployed system images are built from a validated secure template. Services should only be enabled if there is a business need for them. There is also the challenge of providing network access to a variety of mobile devices, including personal devices that are Wi...