Every day I receive articles highlighting the increasing risk of mobile devices on the network
The explosion of Android malware
The hacking of Siri
The vulnerabilities of the iPad
It's very clear that in 2012 and beyond we will have to move beyond policy-based controls and we'll have to implement technology based controls that may cost up to $10 per device per month. Given our 1000+ mobile devices, that could be a $150,000/year increased operating expense to protect consumer devices brought from home.
In many ways, 2012 at BIDMC will be the year of increased compliance and we've just named an interim Senior VP of Compliance to build an enterprise-wide compliance team.
CIOs - it's time to tell your CFO to expect an unplanned 6 figure expense to protect your institutional data while at the same time embracing the mobile devices that will enhance productivity and user satisfaction.