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Enterprise Mobility Management / BYOD

Developing a Comprehensive Mobile

Security Strategy
Michael Covington of Wandera Discusses Key Steps
Varun Haran (APACinfosec) • April 8, 2019    

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Covington, vice president of product, Wandera 07:16

Organizations need to go far beyond putting security software on mobile devices and
develop a broader mobile security strategy, says Michael Covington of Wandera.

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"We've got mobile devices and applications that are now outside the perimeter that we
need to look at holistically; we need to think end-to-end," he says.

In a video interview with Information Security Media Group at RSA Conference 2019 in San
Francisco, Covington discusses:

End-to-end mobile security;

Top mobile security trends;
Recommendations for making mobile security an enabler.

Covington, Ph.D., is vice president of product for Wandera, which specializes in mobile
security and data management. He previously held leadership roles at Intel Labs, Cisco
Security and Juniper Networks. With a diverse background as a published computer science
researcher and an IT professional, Covington has experienced technology from all sides,
and he specializes in bringing innovations to market in the areas of mobility and
connectivity.

About the Author

Varun Haran
Managing Director, Asia & Middle East, ISMG

Haran has been a technology journalist in the Indian market for over six years, covering the enterprise
technology segment and specializing in information security. He has driven multiple industry events such as the
India Computer Security Conferences (ICSC) and the rst edition of the Ground Zero Summit 2013 during his stint
at UBM. Prior to joining ISMG, Haran was rst a reporter with TechTarget writing for SearchSecurity and
SearchCIO; and later, correspondent with InformationWeek, where he covered enterprise technology-related
topics for the CIO and IT practitioner.

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