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The rise in mobile threats

Now that mobile usage has surpassed desktop usage, the time has come to understand how attackers
target mobile apps, the motivations behind their actions, and what you can do to ensure your
organisations are resistant to such dangers.

The rising use of mobile devices in itself isn't the alarming part. What employees do with these devices
and the data they have access to are more worrisome. Verizon's annual Mobile Security Index survey
indicates that 53% more mobile devices have access to sensitive data than they did a year ago. According
to the same survey, customer lists, employee personal information, banking information, and other data
that was formerly solely available through office computers are now also accessed through mobile
devices.

One device is all it takes

Businesses might not be aware that one of their most vulnerable spots is mobile security. One
unprotected mobile device in a business is all it takes for a cybercriminal to access the whole network.

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