Anthony
Di Bello, vice president, strategic development, OpenText
2020 will be a key year for mobile device security given new demands placed on
these devices. While employees and consumers have started to take a more
proactive approach when it comes to cyber security over the past few years,
there is still more that can be done around mobile devices. Organizations have
enjoyed the multiple benefits of BYOD, and employees desire even more business
functionality on their devices – but the implications for security are
enormous. Fortunately, as the concept of the network perimeter has changed with
the rapid adoption of cloud and mobile technologies, attitudes towards security
have shifted. Businesses now realize that breaches – including breaches
involving mobile devices – are inevitable. Businesses must embrace a solution that
provides security without compromising privacy or functionality. As the concept
of a network perimeter further dissolves over the coming years, the enterprise
especially will need to re-shape security strategy to account for the
flexibility we are extending our work force. It’s time to acknowledge a simple
fact, you can’t protect what you can’t see.
Theresa
Lanowitz, head of evangelism, AT&T Cybersecurity
Shared
responsibility for 5G security will emerge: While 5G networks are designed with
security, organizations need to understand the risk this new technology
presents from an expanded attack surface due to the proliferation of IoT
devices. In order to combat these challenges, a 5G shared responsibility
security model will likely emerge in 2020 (similar to the approach with public
cloud). ()
Hagai
Shapira, SAM
G to drive Botnet DDoS attacks. 2020 will be the year of 5G, bringing with it
not only faster speeds and bandwidth capabilities to our mobile devices, but
also making them highly coveted targets by DDoS attackers. While mobile devices
have always been targeted by financial or personal data thieves, 5G’s increased
bandwidth allows attackers to take control over a relatively small number of
mobile handsets and unleash a tremendous amount of damage. A potential DDoS
attack may be distributed via an innocent-looking app on the Play or App store
and an attacker just needs a few hundred installs to create a massive
outbreak.
Watchguard
Technologies
Attackers will
find new vulnerabilities in the 5G/Wi-Fi handover to access the voice and/or data
of 5G mobile phones. The newest cellular standard, 5G, is rolling out across
the world and promises big improvements in speed and reliability. Unknown to
most people, in large public areas like hotels, shopping centers, and airports,
your voice and data information of your cellular-enabled device is communicated
to both cell towers and to Wi-Fi access points located throughout these public
areas. Large mobile carriers do this to save network bandwidth in high-density
areas. Your devices have intelligence built into them to automatically and
silently switch between cellular and Wi-Fi. Security researches have exposed
some flaws in this cellular-to-Wi-Fi handover process and it’s very likely that
we will see a large 5G-to-Wi-Fi security vulnerability be exposed in 2020 that
could allow attackers to access the voice and/or data of 5G mobile phones.
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