iPhone. Whether enterprises are prepared or not, it has arrived. Less than a month into its release, Apple’s multimedia, Internet-enabled phone has already received criticism regarding security, highlighted by attempts to unlock the iPhone for networks other than AT&T and a well-publicized exploit crafted by Independent Security Evaluators, Baltimore-based security testers.

It is only natural that IT organizations shiver at the thought of the iPhone endangering their networks, but they will have few options to block its entrance to the enterprise and no recourse but to prepare for it, said Andrew Jaquith, an analyst at Yankee Group.