iOS vs Android Enterprise Security
Nov 29, 2011, 5:34 am
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iOS vs Android Enterprise Security
I frequently hear that enterprise IT admins don't consider Android as secure as iOS, and I would like to know why. My Nexus One seems to support all the same things as an iPhone: Exchange, WPA2-Enterprise, remote wipe, enforcement of security policies. So why do I keep reading that IT admins think Android is not secure?
Nov 29, 2011, 3:43 pm
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Pretty simple really. It is all about control. I did a I'm Feeling Lucky search and came away with a decent enough article:
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/w...n-apple/30345/
Neither of them are perfect and it isn't as big of a gap as some would have you believe. That said, my organization bans Android devices due to the way Android marketplace works. Yes, user education solves that problem but I think we can count on 85%+ of the user community not understanding what they are doing (see any PC virus outbreak for reasoning).
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/w...n-apple/30345/
Neither of them are perfect and it isn't as big of a gap as some would have you believe. That said, my organization bans Android devices due to the way Android marketplace works. Yes, user education solves that problem but I think we can count on 85%+ of the user community not understanding what they are doing (see any PC virus outbreak for reasoning).
Nov 29, 2011, 5:49 pm
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Articles like this do not make System Admins very comfortable. NOTHING like this on iOS.
http://wmpoweruser.com/androids-malw...re-since-july/
http://wmpoweruser.com/androids-malw...re-since-july/
Dec 1, 2011, 5:15 am
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malware on IOS
Articles like this do not make System Admins very comfortable. NOTHING like this on iOS.
http://wmpoweruser.com/androids-malw...re-since-july/
http://wmpoweruser.com/androids-malw...re-since-july/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2...malware-lo.php
Dec 1, 2011, 6:13 am
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Ah.
And this.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...droid-apps.ars
And this.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...droid-apps.ars
Researchers at North Carolina State University have uncovered a variety of vulnerabilities in the standard configurations of popular Android smartphones from Motorola, HTC, and Samsung, finding that they don't properly protect privileged permissions from untrusted applications. In a paper just published by researchers Michael Grace, Yajin Zhou, Zhi Wang, and Xuxian Jiang, the four outlined how the vulnerabilities could be used by an untrusted application to send SMS messages, record conversations, or even wipe all user data from the handset without needing the user's permission.