Mobilisafe: Security Questions as Kindle Fire Pops Up in Workplace

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The tech world is in the middle of a new device explosion, as manufacturers and retailers prepare for the crucial holiday sales season. And once people start firing up those new gadgets, it’ll set off a new round of security headaches back at the office.

That’s because employees are increasingly using their own smartphones and tablets to get access company systems and data, leaving corporate IT departments with a Pandora’s box of operating systems and applications to watch for possible vulnerabilities.

The trend even has its own acronym: BYOD, for “bring your own device.” To see how the latest round of product updates is affecting businesses, I checked in with Seattle startup Mobilisafe, a software-as-a-service provider that aims to help companies stay on top of their employees’ arsenal of gadgets.

Mobilisafe, which debuted its product this summer, was started by veterans of the mobile industry who came most recently from T-Mobile, and is backed by Madrona Venture Group and John Stanton’s Trilogy Equity Partners.

Mobilisafe’s tools let a company identify the mobile devices connecting to its network, with the ability to protect individual programs that employees might access, like e-mail or contact-management systems.

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