iPhone, the most risky smartphone: Survey
Friday, 26 March 2010, 15:10 IST   |    4 Comments
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iPhone, the most risky smartphone: Survey
Bangalore: 57 percent of the workforces believe that Apple's phone is the worst mobile device threat, followed in a distant second by Android at 39 percent. Only 28 percent said the BlackBerry line is the problem, while Nokia's Symbian-based phones accounted for just 13 percent of smartphone security fears, according to survey. A study done by nCircle found that Apple is the most risky high end phone due to its continued lack of interest in enterprise-class security. Andrew Storms, Security Operations Director, nCircle said, "Although Apple made gestures towards this with the addition of hardware encryption to the iPhone 3GS and multiple administration features like remote wipe, it hasn't actively maintained any of these efforts. The general consensus is that Apple continues to do only the absolute minimum to address enterprise security and supportability requirements. Hardware encryption was almost immediately subverted. This is not the kind of behavior security professionals want to see in vendors." Now if Apple wants to keep its customer base intact, it needs to see into this. The perception of the iPhone hasn't precluded it gaining a stronger footprint in large business, where its Exchange support has given it a place alongside BlackBerry and Windows Mobile in some offices.

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