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Need for Security testing of Mobiles in the smart phone Era by Torrid Networks
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Need for Security testing of Mobiles in the smart phone Era |
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Science & Technology,Software
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The security for mobile phones has become equally significant as the security for laptops and computer systems. As conduction of online business is getting a boom, the use of mobiles and the smart phones is increasing day by day. This has made the information security companies to concentrate more on mobile security testing. Safety of information and data on mobile is as important as the safety of any other application in the network system in any organization as these devices store confidential information. The tools like firewalls, passwords, antivirus software, coded data transfer, spam filtering etc. are used to ensure mobile security. There is a risk of hacking or losing the mobile data. Hence mobile testing is carried out to avoid any such situation. People are taking more and more measures in order to secure the mobile data from the hackers. To safeguard the mobile security is the need of the hour. A bang in the mobile applications has made it more challenging for the information security companies to execute new tools for mobile security testing. Usually the majority of the practices and tools related to desktop applications are correspondingly relevant to the mobile but still some inimitable concerns are to be kept in mind keeping in view the challenge of stolen or lost devices, mobile malware etc. Many information security companies are coming up with latest and up-to-date software for ensuring the mobile security testing. This software ensures the secure and protected data to its customers. The testing of the mobile security is done as per the information security targets and guidelines, instructed by the companies. These companies ensure breach proof information to their clients. The wide usage of smart phones has made it quite necessary to inculcate mobile testing controls and software. This makes these devices more users friendly as the users have the assurance of maintaining a confidential database in the open web environment. Usually, the security companies focus on the application layer, taking care of the target areas where a threat can attack in the original mobile platform. It is required to focus on the wider server side infrastructure with which the mobile application security testing are communicating. There is a mixing between the information systems security and the remote authentication services that has to be focused while maintaining the mobile security in order to protect the device from any breaches. There are many security providers in market which make sure to detect the thread and secure most of the applications.
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