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Equipping Your Mobile Workforce for
a Seamless Customer Experience in
an Unsecured Wireless World
Dr. Simon Blake-Wilson
Chief Security Advisor
A Changing Wireless World
Tomorrow
Customers
Enterprise
SMB
Applications
Web Browsing
M-commerce
Vertical(s)
Consumer
Gaming
Content
Video
Consumer
VerticalSimple Apps
specific
Yesterday
Wireless
Business
“Access”
OneVoice
Integrated
Teen/Youth
Photos
Size Fits
voice/data
All
Limited
PDA
Phone
Circuit
Public
IP Core
Smart Phone
DataWiFi
Bluetooth
capable
WLAN
Phone
Camera
2.5 G
Increased
Phone
WWAN
Device
“Wireless
Fragmentation
Fabric”
Terminals
Source: Yankee Group
Computer
3G WWAN
Networks
Distributed Workforce Leads to Data Everywhere
“75% of enterprises use
“Over 93% of enterprises have
remote VPN access to
support outworkers”
outworking employees”
“CIO's plan to increase
number of remote access users
by
10% or more over
the next
year”
“On any given day,
over 35% of US workers
not in their corporate office”
“In 2003,
54% of enterprise
employees worked from home
on a regular basis, and growing”
Sources: Research Concepts 2003; Routing Technology Group 2004; AT&T/Economist Survey 2003;
Network World 2003; UBS Investment Research 2004
Mobile Workforce Challenges
• Right information at the right time (customer
facing & decision support)
• Multiple devices & data synchronization
• Security
• Regulatory compliance
• TCO of existing solutions
• Connectivity
Mobile Computing Security Challenges
• Loss/theft of mobile devices
• Impersonation
• Introduction of malware into corporate
network
• Limitations of boundary protection
• Users do not follow security policies
Route1 Seamless WorkspaceTM
Designed to meet all outworker requirements
without any applications or data in the field:
• Mobi Interconnect Exchange (MIX)
for communications security (PKI
SSL), session management, auto
update
• Mobi Relay Proxy (MRP) connects
remote devices behind firewalls
• Any Connection: Cellular, WiFi,
WiMax (when available), LAN
Route1 Location-Free Desktop
A complete integrated offering for MS Windows:
• MobiBook PRO WinCE.Net device,
diskless, wireless, touch-screen, long
battery life, semi-ruggedized
• MobiRemote & MobiHost software
for logon, user/device authentication,
remote data trace removal
• MobiNET enabled
Addressing Connectivity Challenge
Source: Lucent / Route1
Minimum Data Throughput
Performance (Europe Study)
Minimum Data Throughput for Mobi
2MB/s
Likely Operating Range
Peak Rates
1MB/s
Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
Mobility
384kbit/s
GSM
CDPD
IS-95
IS-136
GPRS
EDGE
Cdma 2000 1X
UMTS/WCDMA
Cdma 3G1X-EV
128kbit/s
Landline
Landline
Landline
Landline
64kbit/s
Analog Modem
ISDN
Cable Modem
ADSL
28.8kbit/s
9.6kbit/s
Technology
Operating
Environment Data Performance Operating Range
Addressing Mobile Security Challenges
Encrypted IP communications from Desktop to Mobi Device via SSL
Addressing Security Challenges (cont.)
• Sensitive applications & data are never stored on
remote devices
• Certificates & multi-factor authentication support
prevent impersonation
• Limited nature of information exchange prevents
malware introduction
• End-to-end security from remote to host enables
“boundaryless security”
• Packaged offering increases ease of use & prevent
policy circumvention
Work Outside Your Office Just Like You do Inside!
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All applications & data remain behind the firewall
Desktop, Blade PC, Blade Server
Any network
Any location
Real-time
Secure
Locate/shut down lost or stolen device
Route1 Remoting for Seamless Customer Experience.
Summary
• Mobile workforce can mean increased
productivity & revenue
• Enabled by today’s & tomorrow’s wireless
networks
• Significant challenges, but not insurmountable