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

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

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

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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)
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Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Tips to Help You Protect Your Mobile Device
5
The History of Social Networking, the Internet, and Smartphones
6
Index

Mobile security policies in the environment


It is important to determine the security policies that need to be put in place within the mobile environment and how it compares to other policies within the overall corporate architecture. The current mobile space is different from traditional IT implementations or those through proprietary vendors who tightly control all aspects of the security. It is very difficult to leverage current security policies as outlined and extend them to a mobile environment. It is critical to identify the needs of the environment and what components of the security policy can and should be met, given the device ownership and uses. Corporate information needs to be secured, but limiting the use of a device, whether it is the internal GPS or camera, needs to be managed appropriately to ensure all applications function properly for all uses of the device. The mobile security industry typically identifies data, communication, and device security as the three main topics...

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