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Mobile device tracking

Mobile device tracking

From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 4 Communication and Network Security

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Mobile device tracking

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- [Presenter] One of the primary objectives of mobile device management software is ensuring that an organization can track all of its mobile device assets. Inventory control is a critical component of enterprise security programs. When smartphones and tablets are lost or stolen, the organization loses a physical asset, as well as the data stored on that device if it wasn't encrypted. While organizations may implement encryption and other security controls to prevent thieves from gaining access to the information stored on a device, they still incur the financial loss associated with the device itself. With smartphone and tablet prices now reaching over a thousand dollars for high-end devices, that's a very serious concern. Consider that over 3.1 million mobile devices are stolen annually in the United States, and start to do the math. Faced with these statistics, organizations must maintain accurate inventories of…

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