The new tough tightrope – mobility, usability, and cost

The Information Age has offered us a world of opportunities along its evolution, but as the accessibility of
information has grown in high speed it has created a double-edged sword. With opportunities comes risk, and
cybercrime continues to increase and drive the industry to constantly seek innovation to secure users. Further
complicating this is the driven factors of the end users, which is more in line with usability without many thoughts
about security.
This driver is the strongest force behind the move from traditional security-equipped desktop to the less secure
mobile devices, and what the latest trend have shown is that mobility is here to stay. According to Gartner the
market trend of mobility is very strong and by 2020 we will have 7,3 billion of smartphones, tablets and laptops in
the world and 26 billion number of connected items (Internet of Things). This creates a security dilemma.
The combination of security limitations within mobility and the users wish for usability has pushed service
providers to explore mobility options, such as eBanking, eCommerce, online gaming etc. The estimated revenue
of mobile services in 2015 is $600 billion (Jupiter Research) and the mobile platform is now a hacker’s first choice
for victims. Therefore the focus within the security market should be to find a solution to make those hacker´s
scratch their heads in frustration.
“There needs to be a solution that provides various other authentication factors that....