How Technology Has Affected The Mobile Security | The Communication Blog

Friday, August 10, 2012

How Technology Has Affected The Mobile Security

By Trey Alexander


Technology offers different mediums for transmission of information. Computers were initially used for relaying information from one point to another. Data is sent from the transmission point to the recipient via a communication channel. Phones have eased the communication as they have incorporated the computer functions and other functions. They are prone to threats and that is why mobile security has to be emphasized.

Phones are used to send data from one point to another and receive the feedback. During the transmission, the information can be tapped by different people who want to gain illegal access to the data on transit. To reduce the risk of data being sabotaged while on transit, it is encrypted before sending. This crumbles up the data and upon being received, it is decrypted. Data is decrypted by the person with the decryption key. This reduces the chances of data falling into the wrong hands.

Mobile phones can be infected by viruses and worms. Trojans get into the communication systems disguising as additional applications. They end up carrying harmful activities in the background. Anti-virus software is used to provide the much needed protection. Anti-virus scans the systems and disinfects the infected files. They also quarantine the most susceptible and critical files. Spy ware keeps away the suspicious applications.

Hackers gain unauthorized access into personal and corporate phone systems. They gain illegal access to selective and personal information without the consent of the owner. Data could be deleted, edited or entirely altered. This ends up changing the intended meaning. Anti-virus software provides protection against hacking. Firewalls also improve the reputation level.

There are different security solutions available for the phones. Most mobile phones are manufactured with an internal system. This offers a way of protecting the phone from external threats. Others have to be tailored for different software platforms on which the phone runs. There are those that offer hybrid solutions. They have to be integrated with other software to optimize the functionality.

Communication service providers are sometimes responsible for offering security solutions for their subscribers. The companies opt to offer group or bundled protection measures to their customers. They offer prevention against viruses especially through executable links in messages and group firewalls. The consumers pay for the services on certain basis depending on the service offered.

Passwords are unique combination of characters and symbols that are used to restrict access to the phone features. Only those with the right information about these combinations can access the tools in the phone. Passwords are user-based measures to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data in the phone.

Data has to be protected against all sorts of threats whether internal or external. Mobile security strategies encompasses back up approaches. Data has to be backed in a secondary storage device. This ensures that in case of the files being corrupted one will have a copy of the data. The backup copy is locked away in safe for protection of information.




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