Endpoint/Device Security

In the Lookout survey, only five percent of smartphone users said they would take the most steps to protect work-related data.

Although most IT professionals believe mobile apps in the workplace have increased security risks, less than half of organizations have a policy in place to define acceptable mobile app use.

A misstep by an IT employee of Canadian communications conglomerate Rogers Communications allowed the contractual information of 50-70 of the company's business customers to be exposed via Twitter.

Despite Google's new review process, mobile security company Lookout recently identified 13 apps with adware that made it into Google Play.

The SSL/TLS vulnerability FREAK can be exploited to force an HTTPS connection to use weaker and, therefore, easier to crack encryption.

David Bozin, vice president of growth development at Bindo discusses mobile POS considerations, with the help of newer technologies.

Three days after Yahoo announced its new "on-demand" passwords (ODP), the company's CISO Alex Stamos took to Twitter to defend the company's decision and address criticism from the security community.

Yahoo took advantage of South by Southwest's (SXSW) opening weekend this week to make major announcements surrounding its services' security, including the launch of its "on-demand" password service.