According to a report released by Scallon Communications in October 2014, more than half of all South African organizations experienced mobile security breaches over the preceding year.
This isn’t surprising given the vast numbers of people who now use mobile devices at work. A study from Cisco last year revealed that half of all South African employees (52%) bring at least one of their own mobile devices to work, and almost two-thirds (63%) of employees are allowed to use their personal devices to access company servers.
Since mobile apps and devices are vulnerable, a single security approach is not enough. Security measures should be applied at the device, application and data level to mitigate threats.
Here are eight tips to keep your enterprise mobile apps secure:
1. Use Multi-Factor Authentication
Use of a username and password combination is considered single-factor authentication and is not strong enough. There are three common factors of authentication: Something you know (e.g. password, pin, etc.), something you have (e.g. smart card, digital certificate, etc.) and something you are (e.g. fingerprint, retinal pattern, etc.). By combining a username and password with another type of authentication, access is more secure.