Wireless and Mobile Device Security, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER SUMMARY

The combination of a large, often naïve population of mobile device users and the prevalence of BYOD presents a difficult problem for IT security teams: mobile malware. With the free flow of devices and data between work and nonwork, criminals have a much easier pathway into very lucrative targets: corporations and their employees.

This problem is compounded by the fact that the tools that IT departments can bring to bear on the PC side of the network, such as antivirus software, do not apply on mobile devices. In addition, users are far more likely to download software or apps—often from questionable sources—onto a phone than onto a PC. In fact, being able to download an app in the heat of the moment is a fundamental aspect ...