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January 06, 2009
Who cares about Mobile Security?
Who cares about Security?
It's hard to have an appreciation for security without understanding the potential threats. So, who are the security stakeholders for mobile phones.
The first class of security stakeholders are mobile phone users. Users need to be confident that their mobile phones offer secure and reliable communication. Also, as mobile phones are used more and more to perform sensitive tasks like running financial transactions, users need to know that any personal or otherwise security-sensitive data stored on their phone is protected from unauthorized access.
A second class of stakeholders are the ever powerful mobile network operators - guys like vodafone, orange, at&t etc etc . Operators need to be concerned about the integrity of software interacting with their cellular networks, and also the integrity of the identification mechanisms they use to tie the use of handsets on their networks with a billable account. We're talking about the likes of SIM locking and identification here.
A third class of stakeholders are content providers, and they basically want to be paid for the videos, music, software and other content that they publish for users to download. Part of this means making sure that unauthorized users cannot access their content, but another part involves making sure that authorized users cannot illegally copy or distribute content.
So I've briefly spoken about three different stake holders in mobile phone security. In my next blog post I will talk about the different types of threats each class of stakeholders face.
Posted by Steve Subar on January 06 at 01:26 PM
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About Steve Subar:
Steve Subar, CEO and President of OK Labs, has been an honored leader in the technology industry for 20 plus years and has received several accolades for his work. Steve is an avid runner who can also be found communing with his surfboard in Bondi Beach, Australia; skiing the slopes of Beaver Creek, Colorado; or searching for the perfect Pinot Noir all over the world.