Enterprise Mobile Device Management Requirements and Features

Mobile devices have now become a fundamental human necessity, not only due to their wide set of communication features but mostly due to their immense computing capabilities. The accessibility of mobile services has increased substantially thus leading to the concept of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to increase the efficacy and productivity of employees in an enterprise. Though BYOD gives organizations numerous benefits, it also presents great risks. Many enterprises have deployed Mobile device management (MDM) solution to secure BYOD environment. In this work we first determine the security risks associated with BYOD environment, followed by identification of requisite security requirements a MDM solution must support to mitigate these risks. On the basis of these requirements, our approach examines and compares leading commercial MDM solutions; an analysis, not only helpful in selection of appropriate solution for an enterprise but also suitable to provide guidelines for development of a customized solution.