Mobile Applications

Mobile Application Security

Security is a modern concept in the modern world. More than that it has become a necessity in the present time. Security in technical terms is related to data security and devices from where we can access the data or personal information. When it comes to device security first thing comes to mind is mobile phones, tablets, laptops and other portable devices. Mobile phones are the most widely used and greatest means for communications at a far distance or sharing relatable data whether it is through offline means or through social media. There are about 5.16 billion phone users, out of which 45.04% of the world population own smartphones in the world according to a recent research. Big number, isn’t it? On these phones run a number of applications some are already built in the phone and some are installed by the users. Despite that we use only a few applications and some of them are totally a waste because we don’t use them whether the phone is android or IOS. For those applications to work we have to provide our info like email-id or contact number for authentication. Whether it is for using social media like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other. Whether to contact each other via the internet, to access data or to play games or to use any other application personal information is required. This information can be misused by some criminals for their personal benefits. As your information being shared can be breached and it can be sold to others termed as selling your personal information to others for accessing your data and can make various attempts against you. Thus in any device your information is the main key to your privacy. High standards of practices are done in order to eradicate and protect your private data in a world where data regularly travels from servers to personal devices, apps and into the cloud. Some steps can be taken to secure your information from being hacked or stolen. Some e-services are being in order for providing a high- secure environment and process maintained meticulously to maintain utmost protection of confidential information. This wireless security has tended to make it to the next levels so the people can easily remote their information being handled carefully and it is not going in wrong hands. Many software or packages have been made in and installed in mobile phones in order to make the data secure when it is being accessed or retrieved by any third party user. To stop your devices from being stolen or to be able to be tracked if anything got stolen from the device. The main focus comes on the applications that run on the devices as they suck out all the private information out of us like our contact details, location, interests, These things are at most can make your information conceivable for destruction or misuse of personal data at high costs. This can even happen while transferring files over the network, at cloud storage places, getting spam emails or getting unintended messages from a recipient.