One
of the biggest hurdles to realizing enterprise mobile within the Federal
Government is security. DISA has recently certified an Android-based mobile
system for DoD, (Here is the GCN article).Civilian agencies have been looking to DoD to pave the way for
security, so this is potentially a big milestone. There are rumors that iOS is not far behind.Â
Certain agencies, like FAI, are already starting to issue tablets for employees. With security schemes in place, tablets will be the default for more and more business operations. Online training programs and performance support will follow, and I don't think it is unreasonable to predict that within the next 12-24 months, we will be thinking mobile first and laptop/desktop second in terms of content creation and application development. Check out this infographic for an overview of Android and iOS security features and weaknesses:
Infographic by Veracode Application Security