In this third and final installment of the mobile security blog series I conclude with a look at mobile location and commerce and its impact on security. Read more...

Picking up where I left off in the previous blog, there are a few more mobile trends that deserve a closer look and assess the security impact of the same.

As the mobile “r”evolution hurtles with warp speed and takes all of us with it for the joy ride, it is imperative that we step back and observe the various trends that are contributing and causing this phenomenal pace of change. I will attempt to use these trends as a watershed moment and shed light on the critical but not often discussed topic of “security” - the last bastion of protection and on which the entire mobile community depends to maintain, preserve and protect the services that we all demand and consume at will.

Last month, I participated on a panel at CTIA in Las Vegas with some mobile networking industry luminaries http://bbwfunwired.com/schedule/F1.asp including Mark McDiarmid, T-mobile's Director of Engineering and Systems Planning; Scott McElroy, Vice President of Technology Realization; Cayetano Carbajo Martin, Technology Director, GCTO, Telefonica and others, which was chaired by Dr. Peter Meissner, Operating Officer of the NGMN Alliance. The topic was tools for success, enablers and key success factors for deployments of next generation broadband networks. It generated a lot of interesting dialogue and one thing immediately became very clear: we all shared a very similar view of the major transformation that is underway in the mobile industry. Read more...