NIST announces the public comment release of Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-124 Revision 1, Guidelines for Managing and Securing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise. The purpose of this publication is to help organizations centrally manage and secure mobile devices against a variety of threats. This publication provides recommendations for selecting, implementing, and using centralized management technologies, and it explains the security concerns inherent in mobile device use. The scope of SP 800-124 Revision 1 includes securing both organization-provided and personally-owned (bring your own device) mobile devices.

The comment period closed Friday, August 17, 2012. Please send comments to 800-124comments@nist.gov, with the subject "SP 800-124 Comments".