Organisations are struggling to keep pace with the changing security needs and demands of their user base. Well established trends such as the move to mobile and flexible working and the consumerisation of IT mean that there is increasing pressure on organisations to open up their infrastructure to end users who want to bring their own devices – be they tablets, netbooks, laptops or smartphones – to work. Managing the security needs of such an environment means there needs to be increased emphasis on security on the devices themselves.

However, a survey of IT security decision makers in UK SMEs found that while many acknowledge the reality of this situation, policies and technologies, particularly with regard to automatic upgrading and patching of endpoint security solutions, have yet to catch up.