What is happening?
Mobile Devies, such as smartphones and tablets, are posing a growing threat to small and midsized busniesses's (SMB) security.

Why this Matters!!
Almost everyone to today in the United States has a mobile device,which include tablets and smartphones, and these mobile devices have made many things possible today, such as being able to communicate to others in different countries and being able to send and receive data faster and more efficient than before. However; the use of these devices are posing an increasing concern for the security of many small and mid-sized businesses (SMB).

One of the problems SMB's have is that many of their IT departments lack or don't have any solutions to map their corporate standard for information security using devices such as laptops, desktops, and servers to mobile devices. Some of the problems that can arise because of this is that SMBs are having a tremendous difficulty determining if their employee's mobile devices are up-to-date with the latest firmware and security that they need their employees to have. These problems can lead to serious consequences, especially if the employee-owned devices are lost, stolen or resold to others outside the company. This can lead to the SMB owners having to show concern and have conversations with employees about having lost, sold or otherwise misplaced devices with employee credentials and sensitive corporate data. These actions can lead to serious consequences for not only the employee, but can also affect the business as well. Consequences can include the firing of multiple employees or the business having to shut down or being blackmailed by another company.

This negligence would not only hurt the companies, but because of the lack of security or the because of the negligence of users to watch what they post, many users of mobile devices would find themselves facing identify and credit card fraud. This would cause many users to blame the lack of security on their devices and take it out on the manufactures of these devices.

 Consequences - The Good and the Bad
These problems becuase of security issues and negligence can not only cause problems for the SMBs and for the sonsumers, but can also lead back to the manfacturers of these mobile devices. Many people because they believe these mobile devices don't live up to their expectations will simple stop buying them, this in turn would cause severe consequences for the producers of these devices. Since people are not buying their products anymore the companies of these devices would suffer finanacial lossses, but they would also lose the confidence and trust of their customers. Without the customer's trust the company would not only lose financialy, but would lose potential customers, this in turn would cause the company to lay off employees and staff that have benefitted and could still benefit the company with their experience and ideas.

Not all is lost though, with this lose the company would require their computer and technical experts to come up with a better mobile device that just doesn't have a bunch of useless apps, but has the capability of being secured easily and will satisfy the customer's expectations. This would further the field of computer science and make technologies that are more reliable, efficient, and productive as well.

Small and midsized companies are hurting because employees are using their own mobile devices to do their work, but this could lead to many issues not only for the company but for the employees as well. Everybody that uses or owns a  mobile devices need to learn to be more secure with their personal information. Fraud, job loss, leaking of personal information, identity theft, and so many other negative consequences can occur because of the current state of security software that we have available and also because of negligence, this could lead computer and technical experts to develop better software, but consumers need to take responsibility as well and watch what information they give out to other people.