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As the app revolution has gathered pace and smartphones and tablets have become ubiquitous, the importance of testing app security has grown.

If BYOD isn’t providing any type of value for employees, customers, or the company as a whole, it might not be the best decision. With a little thought and planning, BYOD can be a home run and really strengthen a company’s business value.

Security vendor Symantec has upgraded its mobile management suite to incorporate both mobile device management (MDM) and mobile app management (MAM) capabilities, among other features. Launched at the Symantec Vision convention in Las Vegas, the updated suite has other interesting features, including a mobile mail client, single sign on (SSO) for MAM, and MAM connection security, so that URL whitelisting can ensure apps send data to approved servers.

California-based mobile engineering product provider AgreeYa Mobility has today launched Onvelop, a cross-platform interoperable enterprise mobility tool which synchronises with SharePoint, Lync, and Office365. Launched on the second day of Mobile World Congress, the product is unique in that it is the only product on the market which Microsoft has enabled to license its tools.

A new report from Wisegate has detailed the various strategies chief security officers (CSOs) use in keeping a handle on BYOD. The report looks at various elements of BYOD strategy, including the security concerns, how to approach mobile device support as well as the device protection vs data protection debate.

Gartner’s been looking at its crystal ball again and has come up with this statistic: 25% of enterprises will have their own enterprise app store by 2017. The analyst house has made the prediction and cited the rise of enterprise mobile devices and the rise of the mobile device management (MDM) sphere as a primary driver of the trend.

Mobile security vendor AirWatch has announced that their mobile app management (MAM) software will stand alone from its current mobile device management (MDM) capabilities.

Security provider Sophos has announced Sophos EndUser Protection, which aims to combine end point protection with MDM (mobile device management) in order to give a more comprehensive mobile security solution.