Security risks involved in building a mobile application
The mobile devices are able to handle all the tasks that were accessed by the personal computers, from texting, calling, video conferencing, browsing too many other activities. The increase in the number of mobile users has forced the companies and the business to make their mobile presence in the industry.
Apart from the business details and information, the information about the customer or the partner is also shared in the app, so it is very important to safeguard and protect their personal information. According to the developers the top most priority is the security offered by the app to its users.
The security has also become the most significant quality of the mobile apps after …show more content…
Mobile app interacts with the internal server
The mobile application is connected to the internal server. Generally, the users focus on the mobile security that takes care of the mobile device, but the actual risk is at the place where the phone meets the external servers, and the testing and modeling of the security by the company must focus on this reality to actually protect the device and target server. Because if the attacker is able to hack the device, it is easy for them to find out the internal server that responds to the inbound request for the phone.
Data encryption and HTTPS encryption
The in-built security apps are reliable only on the devices where the pass code is set, but it is not a trusted source. The application developers must use encrypted library files like the javax.crypto and other common crypto files that includes passwords, log files, personally identified information, tokens, cookies, protected health information and others. However, this is not applicable to the data written to the file …show more content…
The mobile apps are used by the organizations to align with the evolving technology and to improve the productivity of the employees, but when it comes to the security of the apps- there are still questions on how far they are protected and secured from the cyber hackers.
A survey report released the information about the free mobile apps and the top paid apps- the report released the number of applications that have been hacked by the hackers. About 53% of the free apps on the iOs had been hacked and 56% of the hundred paid apps also have been hacked and 73% of the apps from the Google Android platform and one hundred percent of the hundred paid apps were also hacked by the malicious hackers.
There are few essential ways in which the mobile applications can be secured and decrease the business exposure associated with the mobile platform.
Secure App
The mobile devices are able to handle all the tasks that were accessed by the personal computers, from texting, calling, video conferencing, browsing too many other activities. The increase in the number of mobile users has forced the companies and the business to make their mobile presence in the industry.
Apart from the business details and information, the information about the customer or the partner is also shared in the app, so it is very important to safeguard and protect their personal information. According to the developers the top most priority is the security offered by the app to its users.
The security has also become the most significant quality of the mobile apps after …show more content…
Mobile app interacts with the internal server
The mobile application is connected to the internal server. Generally, the users focus on the mobile security that takes care of the mobile device, but the actual risk is at the place where the phone meets the external servers, and the testing and modeling of the security by the company must focus on this reality to actually protect the device and target server. Because if the attacker is able to hack the device, it is easy for them to find out the internal server that responds to the inbound request for the phone.
Data encryption and HTTPS encryption
The in-built security apps are reliable only on the devices where the pass code is set, but it is not a trusted source. The application developers must use encrypted library files like the javax.crypto and other common crypto files that includes passwords, log files, personally identified information, tokens, cookies, protected health information and others. However, this is not applicable to the data written to the file …show more content…
The mobile apps are used by the organizations to align with the evolving technology and to improve the productivity of the employees, but when it comes to the security of the apps- there are still questions on how far they are protected and secured from the cyber hackers.
A survey report released the information about the free mobile apps and the top paid apps- the report released the number of applications that have been hacked by the hackers. About 53% of the free apps on the iOs had been hacked and 56% of the hundred paid apps also have been hacked and 73% of the apps from the Google Android platform and one hundred percent of the hundred paid apps were also hacked by the malicious hackers.
There are few essential ways in which the mobile applications can be secured and decrease the business exposure associated with the mobile platform.
Secure App