Showing posts with label Security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Security. Show all posts

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Tips for Choosing a Tablet PC for Businessman



Current information technology market disemarakkan various types of tablet computer products. Users who work in the company is also dealing with the myriad of choices that they can use to support mobility.

As is known, although the initial goal is to read digital books and a mobile internet devices, tablet computers could become more than just the endpoint. He is now a useful device to increase productivity and support business significantly.

Nevertheless, many Tablet PC devices also bring a disparate impact for IT managers in companies that many employees use them. And based on feedback from Cisco customers, here are some points to be considered by the IT manager if you want to implement the use of tablet computers in the company:

Security
When implementing the use of tablet computers in the company as a whole, IT managers should consider how such devices can provide business-class security - including encryption, authentication devices, security as a wired network would be connected in any wireless network and VPN connectivity.

Supporting Collaboration
Tablet users to the company should be able to easily use collaboration applications, such as business-class voice communications, conferences in various forms, Instant Messaging (IM), presence, email, and collaboration in virtual teams from a mobile device.

Administration & Management Enterprise
IT administrators can simplify administration and management of the use of tablet computers in the company to maintain the use of internal communication systems are used, ensuring interoperability with other devices, as well as provisioning to support scalability. Based on security policy and existing provisioning, IT managers also have the authority to allow or not allow users to download applications from a variety of marketplace.

Interoperability Communications Video
To support the communications business, employees need a tablet computers that not only supports mobile video is used in the company's internal, but it should also support interoperability with multi-vendor video solution and video standards such as H.264.

Strong computing capabilities
For business use, tablet computers should have the processing power that enables the use and sharing of data, as well as to create and edit content. With such power, users can experience the full desktop experience through the use of tablet computers.

Available in the Clouds
Desktop virtualization allows you to host software applications in a flexible and secure data center and use the network to deliver these applications as a service, anytime and anywhere. This virtualized environment can be passed seamlessly to mobile devices, including tablet computers.

Opensource
Perusaaan tablet computer for the use of open platforms such as Android OS, can leverage the Android developer community that is growing to provide business-class productivity applications and even allows users to develop their own applications that are tailored to their needs

Friday, April 6, 2012

android new malware threat


CALIFORNIA - Security researchers have discovered a new malware that threatens the Android operating system. This malware allows hackers to install software without having to seek approval from the user.

According to the Principal Engineer and Mobile Security Specialists Lookout Tim Wyatt, new malware is called Legacy Native or known Lena. He also explained the current Lena attacked only a few users.

"Lena was originally entered disguised as legitimate applications and trying to trick the user to activate the payload. The trick is to take advantage of the Super User feature in the Android operating system that has been rooted, "he explained.

Proclaimed Computing, Friday (04/06/2012) malware threats can only be avoided by very advanced users. However, his new variety known as "gingerbreak", allowing root access on devices that adopt Android Gingerbread and Honeycomb, so it does not depend on the mobility of users.

The good news is, malware that has not appeared in Google's Android Market or Play. So, this is different from previous malware infection like DroidDream. On the other hand, this malware can attack the device when users download applications outside the Android Market or google Play.

Wyatt gives some tips on prevention, so that Android users stay safe:

1. Always be alert to things that are not reasonable, such as telephone bills, SMS, network activation or activity applications that run when the device is locked.

2. Always check the permissions to request an application

3. Just download the application via a trusted source such as Google's Android Market or Play

4. Download security software for your device, to detect any application that is downloaded in order to stay safe