Focus of Endpoint Breaches Will Shift to Mobile Devices by 2017: Gartner

By Eduard Kovacs on September 15, 2014
 
At the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit taking place in the United Arab Emirates, the IT research and advisory firm's analysts are discussing the latest mobile security trends and threats.
Gartner predicts that mobile devices will become increasingly targeted by cybercriminals in the upcoming years, and warned organizations of some risks they face unless they take measures. Gartner believes that by 2015, over 75% of mobile applications will fail basic security tests.
Experts point out that enterprise employees often use insecure applications that are capable of performing business functions and accessing sensitive information.
“Enterprises that embrace mobile computing and bring your own device (BYOD) strategies are vulnerable to security breaches unless they adopt methods and technologies for mobile application security testing and risk assurance,” noted Dionisio Zumerle, principal research analyst at Gartner. “Most enterprises are inexperienced in mobile application security. Even when application security testing is undertaken, it is often done casually by developers who are mostly concerned with the functionality of applications, not their security.
 
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