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Please contact:
Jeff Claudino
Director of Sales, Insider Research Services
619-229-9940
or via email at:
claudino@lightreading.com |
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| Mobile Security: The Coming Boom in Authentication |
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In a recent survey of IT professionals, about 50 percent of respondents indicated that malware on PCs and mobile devices is the top threat for the next 12 months. More than 16 percent of those respondents said mobile-phone malware is the biggest threat.
Enterprises are increasingly taking note of such statistics, and for good reason. Government and healthcare organizations are turning to mobile authentication to secure remote access for the millions of smartphones used by their employees to access logins, Web portals, and email. They are also facing the added burden of consumers that demand mobile access to secure sites for everything from doctor records to Medicare.
The challenge for any enterprise or organization enabling its employees or customers to access such data is ensuring that the information is protected. By far, the most common form of protection used for mobiles and smartphones is simple password protection, which presents numerous problems. First, users are incredibly bad at choosing strong passwords, and they rarely change them unless forced to do so. Additionally, users tend to believe that mobile phones are secure because there has not yet been a significant attack or much media hype about security issues on mobile phones.
That will change, likely within the next 12 months. Hackers are aware of the new feeding ground that mobiles and smartphones present. They are already developing and utilizing ways to harvest passwords by the thousands. Further fueling the problem are phishing sites that trick users into giving away passwords, which then are passed around, sold, or posted on the Internet.
There is no question that mobile security will eventually equal – if not surpass – PC security as a threat to IT departments. But the reality is that enterprises and organizations should already be taking moves to integrate mobile authentication as a regular business practice, much as firewalls and virus scanners are utilized in the PC world today.
As mobile authentication vendors address these issues – and as mobile malware becomes a bigger threat – they must ensure the stability of back-end infrastructure, so that users continue to find value in the mobile applications being protected.
Mobile Security: The Coming Boom in Authentication examines the mobile authentication market, specifically focusing on mobile security. It includes market drivers and challenges, as well as a comparative analysis of solutions. Finally, the report profiles eight leading companies.
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| Sample research data from the report is shown in the excerpts below: |
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 Table of Contents (mni0910_toc.pdf) |
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| The demand for stronger, more flexible authentication is increasing within enterprises, as more organizations look to reduce costs. Enterprises are looking to vendors to provide affordable, versatile authentication platforms so they can extend the use of strong authentication across the company. This broader use of strong authentication provides greater flexibility and security for organizations as employees work remotely, telework, and deal with unforeseen circumstances such as pandemics and inclement weather. The following excerpt details targets marketed by eight leading vendors of mobile authentication solutions. |
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 Companies analyzed in this report include: ActivIdentity Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTI); Arcot Systems Inc.; Diversinet Corp.; Entrust Inc.; PhoneFactor Inc.; PortWise AB; SafeNet Inc. (Nasdaq: SFNT); and Vasco Data Security International Inc. (Nasdaq: VDSI). |
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| Total pages: 17 |
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| SEPTEMBER 2010 |
 3G Phone Vendors in China |
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| OCTOBER 2010 |
| Financial and Healthcare Delivery Information over Mobile Platforms |
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| DECEMBER 2010 |
| Mobile Authentication |
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| * Calendar subject to change |
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| "I read and rely on the information provided. It's one of my must-read e-mails. Keep up the good work!" |
| - Cliff Arellano, President, Com-munications Products, Inc. |
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