Awareness of Mobile Device Security

Nathan Clarke, Jane Symes, Hataichanok Saevanee, Steve Furnell

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Abstract

Mobile devices have become a ubiquitous technology that are also inherently intertwined with modern society. They have enabled a revolution of how people engage and interact with technology, computing and the Internet. However, as their popularity has increased, so have the threats against them. The paper presents the findings of a survey undertaken to examine users' attitudes and opinions towards security for their mobile device. The results are based upon a respondent population of 301 and show a pattern of users being concerned about security for their device (68%), wanting additional security (63%), yet not engaging with the security they are provided with. Only 54% of respondents utilise a PIN for authentication against a backdrop of 46% of respondents experiencing some form of security breach. Interestingly, the results do show a preference for security to be preinstalled and activated out-of-the-box (84%), placing a responsibility on network operators and/or manufacturers to provide sufficient controls.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15-31
Number of pages0
JournalInternational Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016

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