Security Essentials for Mobile File Sharing

by Paula Skokowski on 01/31/2012 03:11 PM CST

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Session Description

Balancing user needs for easy, anytime, anywhere mobile access to information with enterprise data security and compliance requirements is a challenge.

With employees using mobile devices for business, and easy access to free cloud based apps, it is essential that organizations implement safeguards to avoid information being exposed.



What knowledge will an E2 attendee gain or benefit from your session?
  • Review the security problems/risks of unmanaged file sharing and what can be done to address them.
  • Learn how mobile file sharing solutions can effectively help employees share information within the enterprise.
  • Discuss ways these solutions help enable business productivity improvements while supporting bring your own device (BYOD) for the workplace.
  • How to ensure data security and compliance.

Session Format

Single Speaker

Target Audience

Intermediate

Principal Speaker

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Paula

Last Name
Skokowski

Title

VP of Products and Marketing

Company

Accellion, Inc.

Professional Biography

Ms. Skokowski joined Accellion in February 2007. She has more than 20 years experience in product marketing, corporate marketing and new product introduction for pre and post-IPO companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to Accellion she was VP Marketing, at General Magic, where she marketed General Magic’s patented voice interfaces including the voice of GM OnStar and spearheaded the market introduction of a VoiceXML voice development platform. As Director Marketing, Echelon Corporation, Ms. Skokowski led the company’s product branding initiatives, creating an industry recognized standard for interoperable control networking. Earlier in her career she worked as a product manager and application programmer of high speed vision-guided robots for Adept Technology.

Ms. Skokowski has served as a Board Member of Teradata’s Ecommerce Board of Advisors, Director for the ComputerWorld Smithsonian Awards Program and Executive Director to the LonMark Interoperability Association.

Ms. Skokowski received a BA and MA Honors in Engineering Science from Oxford University and an MS in Robotics from UC Berkeley.

Company Background

The world's leading corporations and government enterprises rely on Accellion mobile, cloud-based file sharing and collaboration solutions to secure their enterprise information and ensure compliance. Founded in 1999, Accellion is the leading provider of enterprise file sharing solutions that enable secure anytime, anywhere, any device access to information while ensuring enterprise security and compliance. Accessible to employees and external users from the Web, iPad, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry mobile devices, Accellion secure file sharing solutions offer the widest choice of deployment options that span public, private and hybrid clouds. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with offices in North America, Asia, and Europe. For more information please visit www.accellion.com or call (650)-485-4300. Follow Accellion’s Blog, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.



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mobile file sharing, security, BYOD, compliance, data security
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