Increased Use of Mobile Devices Drives Cyber Security Market in North America
Businesses need to stay connected 24/7. Mobile devices keep employees connected with business information everywhere at any time.
This has increased the demand for uninterrupted connectivity between a corporate network and mobile devices of employees in an organization and increased the use of mobile devices in enterprises of all sizes. Also, this has encouraged employees to use their personal portable devices such as cellphones, tablets, and laptops to access and store confidential information.
Rise in the mobility of employees in businesses has increased the need to protect data. Mobile devices are not secure and it is easy for hackers to gain unauthorized access to them in corporate networks. This may lead to fraudulent activities, with the misuse of business-critical data. Therefore, enterprises are increasingly adopting cyber security solutions to secure their networks and provide their employees with secure access to confidential information.
Cyber-attacks by malware such as Trojans, viruses, adware, and worms have become very common. Such malware could either access confidential data on mobile devices or trigger loss of data (personal or financial), exploitation, and misconduct. Malware can get transferred to a device through networks, the Internet, emails, and external devices. Mobile devices are becoming the preferred device for web browsing, emailing, using social media, downloading various apps, and making online purchases.
Protection of devices from such attacks is one of the biggest concerns for consumers and enterprises. Mobile devices have become the potential target of cyber-attacks because they are increasingly being used by enterprises and consumers for personal and business tasks. Consumers are using mobile devices to conduct monetary transactions such as buying goods, redeeming coupons, tickets booking, and processing point-of-sale payments. Though these functions are convenient for consumers, they are becoming the target for cyber-attackers because they can gain access to bank account information through hacking a user’s mobile device.
The BYOD is increasingly adopted by enterprises of all sizes worldwide because it enables employees, partners, and guests to connect to corporate networks and they are then able to perform basic business functions such as access the Internet, access corporate email, calendar, and contacts. The introduction of mobile devices into the workplace is changing the way users access and consume enterprise resources.
Employees are using these devices to access enterprise resources and applications to do their routine jobs, which makes these devices more vulnerable to malware. As personal mobile devices are being used for professional purposes, it has become extremely important to protect the data being transmitted using a secure and password-protected network. This eliminates any chance of unauthorized access to data.
