Some Important Features of Moblie Device Management – An Integral Part of BYOD

Abstract

This paper initially gives an overview of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), its advantages disadvantage, policies and some security steps. The paper attempts to provide a complete view of Mobile Device Management (MDM) software with its basic details. After that mobile application related issues have been discussed. The main highlight of the paper is on the vulnerabilities, risks due to those vulnerabilities, and impact and risk mitigation for MDM approach of BYOD. At the end of the paper, enterprise mobility management has been discussed and suggested it should consider four M’s instead of three M’s.