Route1 Offers Free Trial of MobiKEY for iPad to Help with BYOD Trend

The growing number of employees bringing their own tablets, laptops or smartphones to the workplace continues to lead to new advancements in technology.

For instance, Route1, a digital security and identity management company, is now offering a 30-day free trial of MobiKEY technology – which is used in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) technology.

BYOD is becoming so prevalent that Gartner says by 2017 as many as 50 percent of enterprises will tell their employees to provide their own computing or communications devices, such as smartphones, MobilityTechzone reported. In fact, a recent survey showed that 38 percent of companies will no longer provide devices to workers by 2016, Gartner adds, after surveying CIOs.  That also leads to privacy and security concerns.

“The BYOD phenomenon is leading CIOs to examine how to mitigate risk of data leakage and breaches through lost devices, and the subsequent consequences of private healthcare records, credit card numbers and sensitive government information being exposed,” Tony Busseri, CEO of Route1, warned in a recent statement.

Route1 is finding its customers – which include the U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy and the government of Canada – need to ensure safety and security with BYOD.

MobiKEY is used on devices that use Windows, Mac OS X or iOS. It provides secure remote access, which features both identity management and authentication in multiple factors, the company said.

Another key trend is that the U.S. military will soon be using iOS.

“The forthcoming DISA approval of iOS 6, which would allow iPhones and iPads to be used by military agencies, coupled with iOS 6.0’s receipt of FIPS 140-2 Certification, proves that consumerization of technology in the enterprise era is upon us,” Busseri added. “As the Federal Government – and private businesses – adopts consumer devices like the Apple iPad for mobile computing, it must also embrace technologies that protect confidential information from ending up in the wrong hands.”

MobiKEY, for example, lets information remain behind firewalls.

“The threat of data theft is eliminated in the event of a lost tablet, notebook, USB, smartphone or other device,” the company says, explaining the benefits of its solution. “This attack-resistant technology eases concerns about hacking, viruses and malware vulnerabilities often associated with mobile computing. It also eliminates the complexities of network configuration and minimizes the need to reconfigure firewalls or create special profiles to connect to the user’s Host Asset.”

After all, in the case of mobile computing and BYOD, “password protection is inadequate” and is “an oxymoron as several high-profile users, have painfully learned,” Busseri said.