We read a lot about the importance of protecting IT systems, but are you aware of the threats to your mobile phone from viruses?
Interestingly the Mobile Security 2009 Survey by Goode Intelligence revealed that while nearly 71 per cent of organisations currently feel that the threat from mobile phone viruses is low, this number drops significantly for the perceived threat by 2011, with only 21 per cent believing the risk to be low and 29 per cent forecasting that the risk will be high or very high.
Alan Goode, managing director at Goode Intelligence, said: “Mobile phone security is an emerging discipline within information security. Mobility and convergence will be two of the biggest challenges for information security professionals over the coming years.
“To support these devices, organisations must have effective and relevant information security policy and procedures and adequate technology controls to manage them. Just under half of the organisations we surveyed do not have a specific documented security policy for mobile phones. This needs to be addressed by the policy makers and the policy enforcers.”
The co-producers of the report, Acumin Consulting, welcomed the rise in awareness and plans for deployment.
Marketing manager Gemma Paterson said that it was “reassuring to see that mSecurity is being taken seriously and becoming more of a priority for the IT and security functions”.
She went on to say: “It is essential to make organisations aware of this developing challenge and seeing as currently only 13 per cent of organisations currently protect from mobile viruses, IT security managers will need to consider updating skill-sets and resourcing adequately for teams to ensure they are prepared for the risks arising from this transformation in the way we carry out business.”
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