Here we are at the first session of the morning, talking about an ever-so cheerful subject, mobile security. A quick survey of the room shows that everyone has either an iPhone or a Blackberry, and that most of us are using them for business.

The speakers take us through the major trends in computing and security and there’s really nothing surprising here, but it’s interesting to hear new confirmation of the things I’ve written about for the last couple of years. The biggest issues they cover are that mobility and social networking are increasing, that rapidly-evolving threats using social networking are increasing, and that regulatory compliance is an ever-greater driver of security spending.

The biggest surprise is a question from the audience about how to convince management that security is a real issue. I would have thought everyone was on board with this by now, but I’m apparently wrong. The basic answer is that you should be concerned if you have employees, customers, or revenue. If you have none of those, then you have issues well beyond security’s ability to address.

This is a cool session, and it’s going to get better, but there are other sessions I want to peek into this morning, so it’s on to the next room…

Tags: Conference, mobile business, Mobile Computing, New York 2009, security

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