Mobile cyber-threats are constantly increasing not only in the form of malware but also just poor security guards within mobile applications. Veracode held and analysis of the most popular mobile applications used within enterprises. It was found out that many of these applications access confidential and even personal data on mobile devices and reveal some sensitive information to unknown parties.
Sam King, executive vice president of product strategy and corporate development at application security specialist Veracode informed that during the initial analysis of mobile applications they discovered that 91% of the most popular mobile applications reveal users’ personal information without necessity. He added that most mobile users and businesses aren’t even aware of the risk these applications pose to their organizations.
It is evident that mobility is widely spread within workplace. Mobile computing raises new security concerns in a mobile world where devices may be owned by employees, they can be frequently changed and used for both – personal and corporate needs. With the increasing penetration of mobile devices in the enterprise sphere security testing and protection of application itself and data used within it should become the main precaution against attacks.
However security becomes a difficult issue under the growth of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environment. The rise of BYOD workplaces means that employees are able to download personal applications on devices that have access to corporate data. It is quite common even for useful applications that seem to be secure and harmless to be designed to perform tasks that are not related and necessary to the provided features of the application. So the main goal of Mobile Application Reputation Service (MARS) is to help enterprises and agencies prevent data leakage due to the use of risky mobile applications.
Sam King, executive vice president of product strategy and corporate development at application security specialist Veracode informed that during the initial analysis of mobile applications they discovered that 91% of the most popular mobile applications reveal users’ personal information without necessity. He added that most mobile users and businesses aren’t even aware of the risk these applications pose to their organizations.
It is evident that mobility is widely spread within workplace. Mobile computing raises new security concerns in a mobile world where devices may be owned by employees, they can be frequently changed and used for both – personal and corporate needs. With the increasing penetration of mobile devices in the enterprise sphere security testing and protection of application itself and data used within it should become the main precaution against attacks.
However security becomes a difficult issue under the growth of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environment. The rise of BYOD workplaces means that employees are able to download personal applications on devices that have access to corporate data. It is quite common even for useful applications that seem to be secure and harmless to be designed to perform tasks that are not related and necessary to the provided features of the application. So the main goal of Mobile Application Reputation Service (MARS) is to help enterprises and agencies prevent data leakage due to the use of risky mobile applications.
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