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Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices

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Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices

Overview of this book

The threat of hacking may be the most damaging on the internet. Mobile technology is changing the way we live, work, and play, but it can leave your personal information dangerously exposed. Your online safety is at risk and the threat of information being stolen from your device is at an all- time high. Your identity is yours, yet it can be compromised if you don't manage your phone or mobile device correctly. Gain the power to manage all your mobile devices safely. With the help of this guide you can ensure that your data and that of your family is safe. The threat to your mobile security is growing on a daily basis and this guide may just be the help you need. Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices will teach you how to recognize, protect against, and recover from hacking attempts and outline the clear and present threats to your online identity posed by the use of a mobile device. In this guide you will discover just how vulnerable unsecured devices can be, and explore effective methods of mobile device management and identity protection to ensure your data's security. There will be special sections detailing extra precautions to ensure the safety of family members and how to secure your device for use at work.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Tips to Help You Protect Your Mobile Device
The History of Social Networking, the Internet, and Smartphones
Index

The smartphone – a personal device, a company device, or both?


Toby's story is becoming increasingly common in the mobile world. Not so many years ago, most devices vital for conducting company business were mostly provided by the company. Therefore, when issues with the devices arose, employees could simply contact the company's technical support departments to have any issues resolved. This is still the case when the device is company-owned; many laptops, for instance, are still provided by companies and are therefore company-owned. Alternately, smartphones can be employee-owned. The company does not provide these devices to the employee and does not provide funding for the purchase of these devices; the employee is expected to purchase these devices and use them to complete company tasks.

As discussed previously, this is commonly referred to as BYOD. In most cases, when a BYOD smartphone malfunctions or breaks, the employee is expected to resolve the issue on their own. Consequently, if...