Comparing with the earlier era-
Before mobiles
became ‘smartphones’, the life was slow, less hectic and mobiles were just
merely what they are called – ‘mobiles’; meaning portable devices. Around a
decade ago, a massive turnaround of investments happened through which there
began an internet revolution. After that, mobiles became so powerful than even
the desktops of an earlier decade.
The term, ‘cloud computing’ further lead to the
term ‘mobile cloud computing’ and
these both words are one of the most used and misused terms in the technology
industry today. The main purpose of these services lies in quicker access
facility to the users irrespective of the location and time.
The huge
number of internet-connected device market is captured by smartphones today
than other laptops and desktops, and therefore mobile cloud computing
has grown to a high scale.
When mobile computing was not in existence,
the physical IT assets of the company which were owned and managed were the
only things having security. But today, the scenes are different. Mobiles are
dominating the world and are the fundamental source of internet for each and
every user. Even being so, they have very little physical security which came
just a few years back (mobile insurance). Hackers have this opportunity and
rather they have a chalked-out path for hacking all these devices as it is very
easy to root, jail-break or hoodwink the device of any user. One person sitting
in a corner of the world can access your device – this thought itself is very
frightening! Hence, there is a strong demand for security as a service.
The facts and figures on
security breaches-
As per the
latest study made by SANS Institute, 12% of the IT budget is spent on only
security. The reasons are pretty evident. Studies show that companies are
having chances of 27.7% of material data breach and they will have to spend
over $3.6 million on it in the coming 2 years.
There are
several things which cause concerns on security levels because, if your
applications get hacked then the repercussions include deteriorated brand
value, increased liabilities, regulatory risks, and of course financial losses.
Considering the data of the last eight years, more than 7 billion identities
were stolen in the data breach attacks! That accounts for one data-theft attack
for one person on the earth! This scenario is getting complicated every day as
there is a constant rise in the mobile expansion. Further, it is creating a
very vulnerable and complicated environment which is back-breaking for managing
and protecting the data. More than 60% of security managers get concerned about
the heavy usage of insecure mobile applications and the number of such
applications is increasing day-by-day. This situation is causing stress to the
users as well as to the security solution developers and designers.
The rise of new challenges-
Due to such
big losses in the past and coming ahead, the security world needs a precise
solution which could prevent and counter-attack these threats. The computing
world is significantly changing and therefore, security is not just limited to
the physical IT assets. The users being more ‘mobile’ than ever and constantly
connected to the internet desire more security of their data and need recovery
options. The birth of IoT has
contributed to a number of cloud-connected
devices and the numbers will be increasing rapidly in billions.
The
combination of mobile plus internet connectivity reaching new heights is giving
new business models an opportunity to take advantage and increase their
revenues. Therefore, new business models also came with a bunch of new
loop-holes in security.
Check out the loop-holes in
security, given below-
First, modes
of payment have changed drastically since the smartphone era. Near Field
Communications (NFC) are getting popular on mobile devices. Every single app
which provides service has the facility to pay online. All such apps require
the payment account’s credentials for authenticating the users. Therefore,
these details get stored on the device. These details have high chances of
getting compromised, and if it happens then the hackers will be free to make
fraudulent transactions through anyone’s bank accounts. Nowadays, they can
directly ask your bank details by pretending someone from your contacts or
trust-worthy people!
Second, the
facility for parking your car with a mobile can also turn as a bane to you and
the automobile industry. If your device gets breached, you can imagine what
types of fatal attacks are possible.
Third,
personal data is also collected in the healthcare industry. We use smartphones
and smart-watches to track our fitness goals, details, blood sugar levels, BP,
etc. The purpose of this facility is to get data-driven treatment when
required. If these devices get hacked, then there could be serious
repercussions of life-threats.
Conclusion-
Such situations are arising and can arise even further. Our society
needs more solutions in terms of security. Due to this reason, several SOC (Service Operations
Centers) are coming up and we need more but, reliable and robust ones
providing fully managed security services.
The users also have to be more careful while handling the apps and should know
which are really useful and which are not. Also, there is no need to give every
single permission to every app, you can customize the settings. All these
aspects together can help the world in building a more secure future.
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