{"id":2406,"date":"2011-09-19T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2011-09-19T07:00:50","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T15:00:50","slug":"mobile-security-security-efforts-shift-to-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/mobile-security-security-efforts-shift-to-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Security: Security Efforts Shift to Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the use of security software on PCs has become a routine operation, the same isn’t true yet for smartphones and other mobile devices. \u00a0But that is changing quickly. \u00a0 In a report by Chenxi Wang<\/a>, Vice President and analyst at Forrester Research<\/a>, and summarized <\/a>by Fahmida Y. Rashid<\/a> of eWeek<\/a>, the global security market is shown to be growing very quickly and is estimated to reach $14.4 billion by 2017. \u00a0Compared to mobile security sales numbers from 2008, that represents 53 percent growth. \u00a0Much of the growth in security software is following the growth in the number of mobile devices<\/a> — 300 million mobile devices were sold in 2010 and that is expected to increase to 650 million by 2012.<\/p>\n

As smartphones and mobile devices have grown in popularity, security problems have begun to plague the devices. \u00a0Security-firm\u00a0McAfee<\/a> estimates that security issues on mobile devices are growing at a rate of 46 percent annually. \u00a0Mobile devices are now handling the same kinds of data that can be handled by PCs and laptops. \u00a0In addition to voice communication, mobile devices now regularly handle tasks, like video conferencing, sending and receiving email, online banking and shopping, and viewing and editing documents. \u00a0Some of the security problems that are being seen on a more regular basis include:<\/p>\n