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How to balance mobile security with users' needs

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Securing mobile devices and data pulled on and off those road-warrior tools is posing more than a few headaches for enterprises. As some organizations experienced, the security effort is initially trial-and-error, as some security strategies can actually thwart good security and others can cause havoc with current security tools in place. Find out how several companies dealt with their own particular security needs on wireless network and devices and what they've learned works well and what doesn't. The good news is that for all the various security threats aimed at the mobile computing environment, there are plenty of solutions to batten down data. The bad news is that for many organizations, good mobile security is still tricky as it's a  balance between giving users what they need and protecting valuable data. Article