Users store sensitive data on Android and iPhone devices

Nowadays, almost all of us use Smartphones to do our work. We download apps, network, watch videos, listen to music and do much more than we did or even imagined a couple of years back.  But more than often, we never care about the security aspect of the device that we use. ViaForensiscs, an innovative digital forensics and security firm, has come out with a rather interesting report Mobile App Security Study which specifically mentioned that sensitive user data stored on Android and iPhone devices.

As per the report and from the conclusions that I have drawn, the following are likely to become trends:

• Data security will stay as a major pain-point for the organizations. The last few years have seen major companies and their customers being affected by security breaches and data loss. Hence, organizations will definitely spend massively on innovative and strong security measures to protect their consumers’ data.
• The large-scale growth and spread of Apple and Google in the Smartphone market has opened up business opportunities. App developers, content providers and other such companies are taking advantage of these platforms to provide services and solutions to the customers. This trend will continue.
• The Smartphone OS providers and app developers will work together to secure the data on their customers’ Smartphones as data security will gain prominence among the consumers.
• As we all know and as report pointed out, “Smartphones today handle a great quantity of private and sensitive data, in a highly portable, network-connected mobile computer. The data stored and transmitted can include security credentials, personal financial information, private communications, sensitive company data and more”. So it will become increasingly important for the services providers, developers and the consumers to work together to prevent the cybercriminals from accessing personal data.
• Financial apps are being used by consumers to do business and banking on their Smartphones. Contrary to popular beliefs financial apps developers are adding encryption to the apps as a security measures. As we use our Smartphones more to do our banking activities, the need from fool-proof security measures will increase.
• As the consumers become aware, they will demand secure apps from their service providers. To meet the growing threats on mobile devices, the ideal outcome is for app providers to develop higher competency in mobile app security.

 Knowledge empowerment among the consumers and demand for secure apps will definitely make the companies provide secured solutions to the consumers. Additionally, preventing breaches and data loss is extremely important for the companies to ensure happy and loyal customers.

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