IT administrators are constantly challenged with providing users and employees access to network resources independent of their location. Additionally, this access must be provided from a variety of devices that may or may not be owned by the organization. While providing “anytime, anywhere” access increases productivity and saves money, it also challenges IT administrators with a variety of security issues. As an example, hackers often target personal mobile devices as well as unsecured network access points to gain entry to corporate networks and steal data through sophisticated multi-vector attacks.

As the need for mobility increases, some of the key challenges that IT administrators must deal with are:

• Providing secure site-to-site connectivity in distributed networks
• Providing secure web access to users at all locations
• Securing off-network users and devices
• Securing wireless network access
• Providing secure remote access
• Supporting Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) environments
• Securely sharing data across locations and devices

Each of these challenges affects different aspects of network security. They cannot be solved by a single stand-alone solution. Therefore, implementing a comprehensive, unified, easy to manage mobile security policy requires mobile security to be an integral part of the overall network security framework. Barracuda security solutions help address these challenges by addressing mobility requirements in all aspects of security