Mobile applications and the platforms they are built on make PA-DSS compliance difficult due to the rapidly evolving threat landscape. With increased attacks and their tragic affects on businesses and consumers, it's important to make make sure your mobile operations properly secured.

4G/LTE networks are based on entirely new infrastructure. Naturally, 4G/LTE all IP infrastructure will extend the attack surface. While technologies like firewalls, intrusion detection sensors, encryption tools and subscriber protection suites can ameliorate some of the risks, the question now is: What’s available to you from your provider and for your chosen device?

Last spring I predicted that if sales of the BlackBerry PlayBook were less than 1/4 of the number of iPads sold, we'd know what the next five years of enterprise security would look like. How did RIM do? Not so well, as it turns out.

Enterprises use smartphones and mobile devices in some manner to improve mobility and productivity, as do government agencies and even small-to-medium sized businesses. These organizations must protect their network and their users – and their devices, whether corporate owned or a user’s personal mobile device – from loss, theft and exploit.