Mayur Agnihotri: No phone will be the most secure one in my view. This is the wrong question. The right question is which mobile phone company is more concerned about its user’s security and privacy.
Roberto Langdon, Nicolas Orlandini, KPMG: We cannot identify which mobile phone will be the most secure one, due to the direct interaction and criteria of its user. And again, the factor Security Awa-reness comes again over the table. Almost all of the mobile phone users are going through their lives careless of what can happen to their mobile phones, and main-ly with the information inside them.
Andrew Bagrin, My Digital Shield: The one that is properly protected. If you take all phones without any protection, probably the old flip phones or blackberry on the older RIM OS (not Android).
Amber Schroader, Paraben Corporation:
In looking at the security of mobile devi-ces, there is really not one that is conside-red to be more secure than any other as it all depends on how you use the device.
From cloud access to desktop backup, most devices have a risk associated with them when it comes to security.
Anthony Di Bello, Guidance Software:
BlackBerry Priv and Blackphone seem pretty well thought out from a security perspective. Only time will tell.
Julie Herold, Kenny Herold, Odin’s Eye:
BlackPhone – sole purpose of the solution is for security and privacy. Other phones are catering to end users for usability as the focal point.
Ondrej Krehel, LIFARS: One that’s turned off.
Stephan Conradin: Android? No it’s a joke, iPhone will remain the least bad.
Wade Lovell, Simpatic: Blackphone 2.
Gerald Peng, Mocato: All mobile phones can be hacked with enough time and re-sources. Ideally, you want a phone that will protect you against casual hacks and persistent online behavioral tracking. Go-od options on the market are Silent Circ-le's Blackphone 2 or the BlackBerry Priv.
M OBILE Which mobile phone will be
the most secure one?
BroadTech Security Team: I have no Idea.
I don’t use a smartphone (or no phone you can say).
Nick Prescot, ZeroDayLab: Blackphone Blackberry.
David Clarke, VCiso: Android with Custo-mised for security are currently in the le-ad, there are no IOS customised versions for security.
Dotan Bar Noy, Re-Sec Technologies: Pho-ne will not be more secured than your regular home computer as users are free-ly downloading programs, plugging the devices and connecting to random hot-spots as they travel. The “PwC 2015 Infor-mation Security Breaches Study on UK Corporations” reports that 15 percent of organizations suffered from a breach cau-sed by use of a smartphone or tablet devi-ce, more than doubling last year’s figure of 7 percent. This is a great challenge and opportunity for the industry.
Mitchell Bezzina, Guidance Software: My 1997 Nokia 6210.
M OBILE Which mobile phone will be
the most secure one?
Michael A. Goedeker, Auxilium Cyber Se-curity: The same ones as now. In addition, the false sense of security that „secure”
phone manufacturers sell you will lead to more hacked phones. The system is bro-ken, no phone would change that…
Mark Bennet, Blustor: As biometrics conti-nue to grow as a mainstream security me-chanism for accessing mobile devices and related applications, consumers will see an increase in malware that specifically targets biometric identity theft. The un-fortunate reality is that the identities of many consumers are going to be compro-mised for life due to their own unaware-ness of how serious this issue will become over the next few years. Once your bio-metrics have been compromised, they can never be replaced short of visiting a pla-stic surgeon.
Elizabeth Houser, Praesidio: Malware for mobile devices is on the rise especially since people habitually download free apps and use jailbroken phones.
Wade Johansen, CouriTech LLC: GPS vul-nerabilities and apps that require too much permissions (already an issue) with little company security knowledge about locking apps done before publishing.
Richard De Vere, The AntiSocial Engineer:
Social Engineering using the mobile tele-phone has seen a rise over the past few years based on the percentage of us now spending large amounts of time on our smartphones. I think criminals have paid more attention to this field. Noting phis-hing sites that are mobile friendly!
Amber Schroader, Paraben Corporation:
We believe there will be an increase in security risks that come from 3rd party Apps. With a poor vetting procedure in place for 3rd party Apps, we have seen an increase in the data being collected and used by 3rd party Apps.
Rick Blaisdell: According to the mobile security firm NowSecure, 43 percent of
"bring your own device" (BYOD) smartphones used by U.S. workers don't have a password, a personal identification number or pattern lock. Fifty percent use these devices to connect to unsecured Wi -Fi at least once a month, and nearly half of mobile apps on any given mobile devi-ce have at least one major security flaw.
Cybercriminals can easily exploit vulnera-bilities in your mobile phone to obtain private data. These vulnerabilities someti-mes come from the apps you use or within your smartphone itself. Mobile phones are also vulnerable to malware, which can log keystrokes and capture screenshots.