NOTIMEX
Its increasing use as a means of access to the Internet has made smart phones (Smartphones) and other mobile platforms like tablets, in an increasingly attractive target for cybercriminals warned Blackberry Security Director for Latin America, Pablo Kulevicius.
Therefore, it is necessary to prioritize the safety of these platforms in order to avoid losses, since today is more common for employees to use these tools to work outside or inside the office, creating a vulnerability for their companies.
NOTIMEX The manager explained that in a corporate network may exist as various types of threats by viruses, Trojans, worms and other malicious programs can be loaded into the device without the user noticing, generating the loss or theft of confidential information.
These cybercriminals enter
networks or devices with the intent to steal specific information, which could represent millions in losses for businesses, he said.
Besides that there is no regulation in the market about what is required to declare the types of attacks or existing malware, making it susceptible to attack both the companies and the users themselves said Kulevicius.
reiterated that at present, the primary source of access are smartphones, and as they grow the capabilities and the information is handled become more attractive to some kind of attack.
therefore stressed the need to prioritize the issue of safety of existing platforms, through a wireless security strategy that includes mobile devices and the data stored on them.
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develop a security policy at the enterprise level, communicate, implement and monitor compliance with current safety standards and identify malicious networks or devices by developing a plan to measure, audit and track performance, among other.
“It was a time of change and we developers must adjust to the changes and demands of customers, and equally to prevent attacks that may affect institutions,” concluded Kulevicius.
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