Security Threats to Mobile Service Development in the Age of Digital Convergence

Author

Ahonen, Pasi ; Savola, Reijo

Author_Institution

VTT Tech. Res. Centre, Oulu

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

21-24 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

1052

Lastpage

1055

Abstract

Nowadays mobile devices are used in many professional business and leisure-time services. Major information security threats related to mobile services are examined from the service developer´s perspective in this study. These threats can be categorised as mobile network, mobile device, digital convergence, authentication and payment threats, and service development threats. The threat analysis is based on an interview study carried out in some Finnish industrial companies operating in the mobile service field

Keywords

message authentication; mobile computing; telecommunication security; telecommunication services; authentication threats; digital convergence; mobile device threats; mobile network threats; mobile service development; payment threats; security threats; service development threats; Authentication; Bluetooth; Convergence; Digital cameras; Information security; Mobile communication; Personal digital assistants; Protection; Web and internet services; Wireless LAN; Mobile services; authentication; digital convergence; e-payments; security threats;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer as a Tool, 2005. EUROCON 2005.The International Conference on

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0049-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCON.2005.1630130

Filename

1630130