Get Safe Online recently announced an 800% increase in malicious applications or malware attacks on smartphones in the past four months. With the capability and connectivity of smartphones increasing all the time, new technology such as NFC and ever more complex and innovative Apps the consequences of such breaches are increasingly serious. Threats present challenges across the space – for businesses, smartphones are now an integral component and a thorough and well developed policy is essential for all company devices. Equally, for the mobile industry itself consumer confidence will be essential to ensuring the full potential of smartphones can be realised.
Inside Technology’s Smartphone Security: Ensuring Consumer Confidence meeting will look at the latest developments across the space, and consider what the future will hold as technology develops, regulation increases and threats diversify. Given the major implications for mobile technology and IT professionals, the meeting will be a must attend event for anyone involved in the space.