iPhone Security Benchmarks

The Center for Internet Security has released some iPhone security benchmark recommendations that will accomplish two goals:

• Make corporate use of the iPhone a tad more secure
• Suck out any of the inherent joy of owning and using an iPhone

Most of the recommendations are no-brainers, like updating the iPhone firmware to the latest version when you bring it onboard and turning off Bluetooth, location services, and other risky components, while adding a password so that it becomes virtually impossible to pull the phone from your pocket, swipe the main screen to open it, and punch in your password before the call flops over to voicemail. Good times!

As always, using an iPhone on the enterprise level will require compromising features and benefits in the interest of security. It will be interesting to watch how major companies implement these recommendations.

Security Benchmarks for Apple iPhone Released , via InformationWeek