5. Channel’s Education Of Clients Is Key

The MobileIron report identified several non-compliance trends with enterprise-managed mobile devices. According to MobileIron, 33 percent of enterprises had devices that may have been lost or stolen, while 22 percent said employees had disabled the PIN or passcode enforcement on their smartphones, opening security threats to valuable enterprise data.

According to Ginevan, it falls on the shoulders of channel partners to ensure that customers know what mobile threats are out there and prevent these trends.

“From a channel perspective, partners need to educate customers on strategies toward security,” he said. “In some cases, companies are not even aware of mobile risks they have exposed themselves to.”