Security add-ons for mobile platforms

Authors:
Benjamin Adolphi;Hanno Langweg
Affiliations:
NISlab, Norwegian Information Security laboratory, Gjøvik, Norway;NISlab, Norwegian Information Security laboratory, Gjøvik, Norway
Venue:
NordSec'12 Proceedings of the 17th Nordic conference on Secure IT Systems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

We give an overview of existing security software on mobile platforms in form of firewalls and antivirus software. We investigate whether these solutions increase the security on mobile platforms, what limitations the platforms' security policies present and how current solutions work.