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It’s a war out there in the email security world (or anti-spam world or, if you wish, anti all bad stuff that can get in via email, which is a lot of bad stuff world!. It’s still a growing market, as email remains the dominant form of business communication and therefore gets targeted for maliciousRead more

I receive newsletters periodically from KPMG but far as I know, I never subscribed to them or gave them permission to send these to me. I’ve never been a customer, I don’t recall downloading a whitepaper, attending a seminar, or talking to anyone from that company. Yet somehow they have assumed that I want toRead more

In Part 3 we covered the three generic software installation models, that are common to these 4 smartphone OSs (iOS by Apple, Android by Google, Blackberry by RIM, and Symbian by Nokia). In this final post in the series, we’ll dig a little deeper on the app marketplaces and application vetting processes. Most smartphone vendorsRead more

In Part 2 we covered the four main security features that are common to these 4 smartphone OSs (iOS by Apple, Android by Google, Blackberry by RIM, and Symbian by Nokia). In this post, we’ll dig a little deeper on the classification of smartphone software installation models. There are three generic software installation models, depending on theRead more

In Part 1 we covered how each of the 4 major smartphone OS vendors (iOS by Apple, Android by Google, Blackberry by RIM, and Symbian by Nokia) handle the security issues around distribution and installation of applications. In this post, I’ll dig a little deeper on the actual OS functions that need to be secured. ThereRead more