Mobile Device Security: Challenges and Solutions

Running head: NETWORK INFORMATION AND SECURITY
ITNE2002
NETWORK AND INFORMATION SECURITY ASSIGNMENT 2
MOBILE DEVICE / SMART PHONE SECURITY
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
About Mobile/Smart phone security................................................................................................2
Challenges faced with smart phone security...............................................................................2
Different malware activities............................................................................................................5
Approach for ensuring proper mobile security................................................................................5
Emerging mobile malware detection technology............................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The report aims at describing the concept associated with mobile device security. With
the growing technology and advancement it is observed that the evolution of technology has
helped in connecting with the people effectively. Smart phone is one of the devices that help in
easily connecting with people. This offers a wide range of features for the purpose of connecting
with people all over the world. The main focus of this report is to discuss the security concept
that arises with the use of mobile devices. The main reason behind having proper security within
the smart phone is that it includes protecting portable such as tablets, smart watches and phones
from the cyber threats (Chen et al. 2016). The need of having proper security measure is that a
lot of sensitive data are being stored within the phone, thus it becomes essential to ensure proper
safety towards the data stored. The report will describe this concept in details.
About Mobile/Smart phone security
Mobile security is referred to the concept of providing proper safety and privacy towards
the data stored within the device. With the growing need of population it has been observed that
need of having a smart phone has also increased. This helps in easy transmission of data and also
helps in performing the communication effectively without any issue. Nowadays everyone owns
a smart phone and has made it an essential part of life (He, Chan and Guizani 2015). Thus it
becomes important to ensure that proper security is maintained throughout device so that no data
can be stolen from the device.