Smartphone and mobile (cell) phone security - the new security frontier

The rise of the smartphone over the past few years has been a technology success story. An almost perfect storm of advancing materials science, chip set development, software innovation and social networking has fuelled the progress in handset design and capability beyond that which could be imagined only a couple of decades ago.

Having such tremendous computing power, alongside users’ private data and contacts makes a tempting target for criminals. It could be argued that the security industry has been slow in recognising the threat to such devices, so only now are we seeing products and services designed to improve smartphone security.

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Not sure if 1 is better than 5, so I say 3. The middle ground.

I liked your article, it is pitched at CISO's so probably hits the right spots for most. However, I see the problem gap is the love triangle between usability, desirability and security; something I feel is so important for effective security. I'd like to explain more, but this is probably not the place.
Stu Thomas (14/06/11)

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