Mobile device security projected to boom

Dec 12, 2006 2:59 PM

A steady rise in security attacks on vulnerable mobile devices will power a boom in mobile device security, Juniper Research reports.

"Initially driven by the data-hungry mobile business user who has seen the benefits of data services such as e-mail, predominantly on their Blackberry devices, we will see mobile security products go mainstream by late 2008/early 2009 resulting in a doubling of revenues from 2008 to 2010," says Alan Goode, author of the report.

According to the former cyber-security advisor to President Bush, Richard Clarke, hackers and criminals will turn their attention towards unprotected mobile phones as they are far more likely to be stolen or lost. With mobile phones beginning to out-ship PCs by five to one in 2006, the problem can only grow.

Some highlights from the report:
* Despite initiatives by mobile operators and police forces, mobile phone theft will continue to rise with a forecast of nearly 4 percent of mobile phones annually stolen by 2011.
* Revenues from mobile security products -- including anti-virus, VPN, data and file encryption and mobile identity management applications -- will generate almost $5 billion in revenue by 2011.
* The biggest mobile security market sector will be in the secure mobile content sector (anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware and content filtering) with 40 percent of the total market.
* Revenues from mobile data and file encryption products is expected to outstrip the PC market by 2011.
* Mobile biometric solutions will contribute some $268 million worth of revenue of the total mobile identity and access management market ($1.36 billion) by 2011.

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