Mobile Device Security Corporate-Owned Personally-Enabled (COPE)

Abstract

Mobile devices provide access to workplace data and resources that are vital for organizations to accomplish their mission while providing employees the flexibility to perform their daily activities. Securing these devices is essential to the continuity of business operations.

While mobile devices can increase organizations’ efficiency and employee productivity, they can also leave sensitive data vulnerable. Addressing such vulnerabilities requires mobile device management tools to help secure access to the network and resources. These tools are different from those required to secure the typical computer workstation.

To address the challenge of securing mobile devices while managing risks, the NCCoE at NIST built a reference architecture to show how various mobile security technologies can be integrated within an enterprise’s network.

This NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide demonstrates how organizations can use standards-based, commercially available products to help meet their mobile device security and privacy needs.