iPhone in the corporation? Nope.

Posted by JD 08/02/2008 at 09:41

iPhone, this. iPhone, that. Complete BS. I wouldn’t allow those devices on my business network. I believe in TNO policies. TNO? Trust No One.

The iPhone isn’t secure. That’s why corporations won’t allow it on their networks.


Blackberry is secure. It can be remotely wiped. Access to corporate email is fully encrypted – over the entire wireless data network, inbound & outbound. It doesn’t trust the already hacked encryption that the wireless carriers use for data. Yes, GSM encryption has been hacked.

That’s why iPhones won’t and shouldn’t be used in corporations. BTW, the same applies to Windows-Mobile based deviced. Too open, too insecure. Blackberry got this right when they released the Blackberry EDGE line. Their earlier products like the RIM950/957 didn’t have encryption or remote data wiping.

TNO – I don’t trust Apple, Microsoft, even RIMM. Which technologies work, encrypted, without having to trust? RIMM’s does. What does a lost or stolen device do to your corporate network or data? RIMM lets you wipe the device remotely and brick it so it is useless to whoever found it. iPhone/WM? I’m certain that MS is working on this. The corporate market is that large. Apple will let their users beat up security professionals until they get allowed on the network – insecurely. BTW, Nokia and Palm users - whether I trust them depends on the device. TNO still applies.

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