Survey: iPhone Poses Biggest Smartphone Security Risk

iPhones present the greatest smartphone security risk to the enterprise, accordi
ng to a recent survey from nCircle, a network security and compliance auditing f
irm.
San Francisco, CA, March 26, 2010 -- iPhones present the greatest smartphone sec
urity risk to the enterprise, according to a recent survey from nCircle, a netwo
rk security and compliance auditing firm.
The online survey of 257 security professionals was conducted between February 4
and March 12, 2010. In addition to smartphones, the survey covered a range of s
ecurity topics including healthcare, cloud computing and social media.
Key findings include:
* 57% believe that the iPhone carries the greatest security risk
* 39% ranked Google Android as presenting the highest risk
* 28% named Blackberry the riskiest
* 13% ranked Nokia as having the highest risk
* 58% of respondents have a corporate smartphone security policy in place
* 65% of enterprises with a smartphone security policy enforce it
“The general consensus is that Apple continues to do only the absolute minimum t
o address enterprise security and supportability requirements,” noted Andrew Sto
rms, Director of Security Operations for nCircle. “We haven't seen any new enter
prise iPhone security features from Apple since the summer of 2009 when they int
roduced their new hardware level encryption, which was almost immediately subver
ted. This is not the kind of behavior security professionals want to see in vend
ors.”
Storms added: “The good news from this survey is that a greater number of compan
ies are starting to understand the security ramifications of mobile devices. It
is encouraging that a majority of companies have a smartphone security policy an
d enforce it.”
About nCircle Suite360
nCircle provides the world's most comprehensive suite of solutions for agentless
security and configuration auditing for physical and virtual IT environments. n
Circle’s solutions combine the broadest discovery of networked systems and their
operating systems, applications, vulnerabilities and configurations with advanc
ed analytics to help enterprises reduce security risk and achieve compliance. nC
ircle s solutions include IP360™ for vulnerability management, WebApp360™ for we
b application vulnerability auditing, Configuration Compliance Manager (CCM)™ fo
r configuration auditing and file integrity monitoring, Certified PCI Scan Servi
ce™ for on-demand self-service PCI scanning, and Security Intelligence Hub™ for
IT governance, risk and compliance (ITGRC) reporting and analytics.
About nCircle
nCircle is the leading provider of automated security and compliance auditing so
lutions. More than 4,500 enterprises, government agencies and service providers
around the world rely on nCircle s proactive solutions to manage and reduce secu
rity risk and achieve compliance on their networks. nCircle has won numerous awa
rds for growth, innovation, customer satisfaction and technology leadership. nC
ircle is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with regional offices throughout th
e United States and in London and Toronto. Additional information about nCircle
is available at www.ncircle.com.
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