Mobile-Identity Management

Every day, employees access email and other business applications through handheld devices. More and more business applications support mobile-device interfaces. The challenge for developers today is not only getting content to the mobile device but also securing the device. Threats to mobile devices include the following:

• Identity theft via a lost or stolen device

• Eavesdropping on data communications

• Surveillance of confidential screen content

• Phishing of content from rogue sites

• Man-in-the-middle attacks through intercepted signals

• Inadequate device resources to provide a strong security implementation

• Social attacks on unaware users that yield identity information