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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

Summing it up


These are the steps that you, as a user, can take in the event of a hack. Most importantly, each user should be aware of the steps to take depending upon the exact nature of the security risk. By preparing a list tailored for each type of malfunction or hack, you can more efficiently resolve any security compromises.

The second primary component to resolving a mobile security compromise relates to whether a device is a BYOD, an employer-owned device, or a personal device. If it is either a BYOD or an employer-owned device, the employer may enforce a policy of conducting partial or complete wipes of the device to protect corporate data.

While undesirable, a successful hack does not necessarily incur significant damage to your device or personal data. By contacting the correct parties and by understanding the extent of a hack, you can often contain much of the damage or restore the information. By filling out the preceding list, you, as a user, are better prepared in the event...