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Abstract
The IBM® Worklight mobile application platform helps organizations develop, deploy, host, and manage mobile enterprise applications. IBM Worklight provides tools for every stage of the mobile application development and deployment process. In addition, IBM Worklight integrates security into the entire mobile application lifecycle. Therefore, the IBM Worklight platform is composed of five main components, which provide a flexible and robust solution for mobile application security. This IBM Redbooks Solution Guide describes the architecture, integration, and use cases of adopting IBM Worklight for mobile security.
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IBM® Worklight mobile application platform helps organizations develop, deploy, host, and manage mobile enterprise applications. IBM Worklight provides tools for every stage of the mobile application development and deployment process. In addition, IBM Worklight integrates security into the entire mobile application lifecycle. As shown in Figure 1, the IBM Worklight platform is composed of the five main components: Worklight Studio, Application Center, Device Runtime, Server, and Console, which provide a flexible and robust solution for mobile application security.
Figure 1. Main components of the IBM Worklight platform
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The Worklight security framework does not include its own user registry, credentials storage, or access control management. Instead, it delegates all those functions to the existing enterprise security infrastructure. The delegation allows the Worklight server to integrate as a presentation tier into the existing enterprise landscape and supports custom extensions that allow integration with any security mechanism.
Business value
When extending their business to mobile platforms, enterprises need a rich development environment so their applications can run on various mobile operating systems, including Android, BlackBerry, iOS, and Windows Phone. They also must determine the application type they adopt: web, native, hybrid, or a combined approach.
Enterprises must also tackle the following major mobile security threats:
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