Le cabinet Gartner attire l'attention sur les dangers liés au déploiement de l'iPhone 3G dans les entreprises. En effet, il s'agit d'un outil peu testé mais qui est capable de se connecter au SI de l'entreprise.

The enhanced security features built into Apple's new iPhone 3G will enable the devices to be connected more securely into corporate networks. But that doesn't mean they should immediately be given the same kind of broad access to internal applications that PCs typically enjoy, according to Gartner analysts.
For now, at least, the iPhone remains largely untested from a corporate security standpoint, Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney said after Apple's iPhone 3G announcement this week. He added that although Apple's upgraded handheld may be capable of doing many of the same things that a laptop or desktop PC can do, it has yet to be proven that the iPhone can be locked down in the same manner as PCs can be.

As a result, it may be better for companies to consider providing iPhone access to only a limited set of applications , such as Exchange and Apple's Mail e-mail client, instead of opening up their entire networks to the device, Dulaney said.

"Much about being secure is being consistent," Dulaney said. "If you have two platforms, a PC and a handheld ? one of which has years of improvements in security and is very mature, against one that is barely a year old ? you are only going to be as secure as the second piece of hardware."

Among the most significant of the enhancements is support for Cisco Systems Inc.'s IPSec VPN technology, which will let iPhones connect securely to enterprise networks and communicate using IP-based encryption. The new hardware-software tandem also supports wireless network services via the enterprise version of the Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 protocol, featuring 802.1X-based authentication. In addition, it offers a remote wipe capability for erasing data if a device is lost or stolen. Those functions are all considered crucial for corporate users.

"Cisco IPSec VPN gets you most of the corporate world," said Glenn Edens, an independent mobile device consultant. Provisioning and configuration management capabilities are also "very well done" on the iPhone 3G, Eden said via e-mail. "It is probably good enough for Department of Defense applications," he added, pointing to the fact that the U.S. military was one of the beta users showcased during the iPhone 3G launch at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.

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