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The article discusses the balancing act facing U.S. federal agencies when it comes to providing mobile security. Topics include how federal information security specialists are tackling lost data and business disruption posed by mobile devices, the publication of the National Institute of Standard sand Technology's draft of a mobile security guide that addresses the security versus usability challenges, and agencies that advocate for bring your own device policies. INSET: Next steps.

The article focuses on the incorporation of mobile initiative in higher education in the U.S. The author talks about the rise in the mobile device adaptation rate around the world and the expected increase in the rate by the end of 2012. She looks into the things to consider when adopting mobile strategy to the nation’s colleges and universities. She also talks about the security concerns of mobile platform adaptation.

The article presents the results of an online survey conducted by "Federal Computer Week" on readers of the magazine on the theft of a U.S. Veterans Affairs Department laptop in 2006. Majority of the respondents said their agencies had implemented new security policies, procedures and technologies. Respondents also believe that agencies face a daunting challenge in trying to secure thousands of mobile devices. Among the reasons cited by readers why data security breaches are worrisome are system integrity and national security.

The article discusses several ways in which companies and law enforcement authorities use mobile technology to gather information on individuals as of August 2012. The U.S. federal government's use of a legal loophole regarding warrantless searches of stored communications to solve a 2009 bank robbery in Berlin, Connecticut is examined. The data collection and tracking capabilities of smartphones are addressed, along with a push by U.S. lawmakers for additional privacy standards to protect consumers from unjust and allegedly invasive searches.

The article offers news brief related to the adaptation of mobile technology in higher education in the U.S. including the launch of a higher education mobile site directory, the result of a study on the use of mobile device to view a high education institution, and the release of cross-platform frameworks for application development.

The article focuses on the importance of security protection for smartphones and mobile storage media in the U.S. The threats to confidential information stored on mobile devices are increasing and assures that the probability that hackers will start crafting it is also high. In response, leading security manufacturers have released products to protect smartphones including Norton Smartphone Security, Trend Micro Mobile Security, and F-Secure Mobile Security from Symantec Corp.

The article reports on a guideline on the effective implementation of mobile applications in the enterprise offered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2015. Topics discussed include an NIST warning of the possible security vulnerabilities posed by such applications. The security requirements cited by NIST are also enumerated.

The article focuses on the debate over the best approaches to handle mobile security in U.S. federal agencies. Topics discussed include the call for the implementation of comprehensive mobile device management programs, the renewed popularity of the ecosystem concept among federal cybersecurity executives and the need to get better control over mobile network security. Also included are the insights of Mark Orndorff of the Defense Information Sytems Agency (DISA) on the issue.

The article presents federal computer-related blogs including the slow implementation of technology systems at the national level, the less overt reliance on business management models by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and the government's effort in protecting the public from privacy and security issues in mobile devices.

The article offers information on the things, suggested by experts, to consider when incorporating a solid mobile technology in higher education in the U.S. including a goal involving institutional outreach, patients and appropriate revisions and updates to the full website.

The article reports on the letter sent by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer to chairman Jon Leibowitz of the Federal Trade Commission on smartphone data privacy. Schumer asks the FTC chairman to examine the reports that the Apple and Android mobile operating systems can take photos, customer address books, and location information from smartphones without users' knowledge. It mentions that Schumer demands for an investigation on the alleged unfair practice in the smartphone application market.

The article focuses on the importance of mobile security in the wireless communications market in the U.S. The author mentions that vendors are developing solutions to secure information such as sandboxing applications, particularly in the enterprise sector. She states that it is important to integrate such solutions and develop mobile device management systems.

The article presents the views of Edith Ramirez, commissioner at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Danah Boyd, senior researcher at Microsoft Corp., related to privacy of mobile devices in the country. At the 21st annual conference titled "Computers, Freedom & Privacy" held at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington on June 14, 2011, Ramirez mentioned that smarthphone users face more problems. Botyd stated that teenagers are not much aware of privacy issues.

The article reports on the development of a mobile technology security standards on wireless products by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the U.S.

The article reports on the development of the Blackberry smartphone of the U.S. President Barack Obama in the U.S. Information reveals that Obama has pushed the U.S. Secret Service to develop a BlackBerry that was super-secure. The President's smartphone, engineered by a federal contractor, is designed to access protected criminal databases.

The article offers information on the results of the surveys conducted by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) and Visage Mobile on security for mobile devices in the U.S. The CompTIA, which surveyed more than 2,000 individuals, reveals that virus and worms, which have been cited by 54% of respondents, and spyware, which has been chosen by 51%, remain to be in the top two spot as information security threats related to hand-held devices. Visage Mobile, which surveyed almost 600 mobile users, also indicates that the management for employees' mobile devices has been becoming challenging and overextending information technology departments.

Presents news briefs on the wireless communications industry in the U.S. as of April 2004. Result of a survey on security awareness of owners of personal digital assistants and smartphones; Roaming agreement between ICOA and Boingo Wireless; Features of Odyssey Client v3.0 from Funk Software.