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Why 2012 Is The Year Of Mobile VPN?

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Slimmer bodies, faster Internet connections, and better network coverage makes use of the latest smartphones and mobile devices all the more appealing to the public—AND TO HACKERS.

In 2011, smartphone users were introduced to mind-blowing features like Siri. However, they were also introduced to the major headache of mobile malware; and according to the following security experts, it will definitely continue to be a cause for concern in 2012.

“In the past, malware developers have concentrated on over 1 billion PCs in the world. However, as the number of mobile users has skyrocketed, smartphones have become an attractive target for malware producers. There are three motivations for malicious activity—fame, fortune and politics. We will see maturation in all areas, but we expect fortune-seekers to really come into their own in 2012.” – Kevin Mahaffey, Lookout Mobile Security’s chief technology officer.

“I know it’s a tad early for New Year predictions, but I’m going to beat the rush and make mine now: 2012 will be the year of mobile malware. That’s an easy prediction to make, because if you look at the numbers, 2011 was really the year of mobile malware, but only a handful of people have been paying close attention. Next year, you won’t be able to avoid hearing about it, and if you carry anything remotely ‘smart’ in your pocket—and you don’t carry adequate ‘protection’, as we used to say in high school—you may become a victim of it.” – Dan Tynan, writer at ITWorld.

“The mobile device, now the dominant technological tool in American enterprise, will become more dominant in 2012 and beyond. But it is not very secure, which puts users and the enterprises that employ them at greater risk. The combination of relative defenselessness and ubiquity means mobile devices will be an increasingly tempting target for attacks ranging from spyware to rogue applications. IBM’s IT security research team, X-Force, predicts 33 software exploits targeting mobile devices in 2012. That may sound small, but it is double the number released in the previous 12 months.” Taylor Armerding, writer at PC World.

What do you think? Will mobile malware be one of the biggest security threats next year?

Why Cloud VPN?

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Often managers and entrepreneurs associate cloud VPN with individual use. It is believed that enterprises use their own VPNs, administered by their internal IT personnel. They believe it is more secure.

It’s not. Moreover, cloud VPN offers a better value.

We define cloud VPNs as securely connecting from any location to resources (data and applications) that are provisioned in central data sites for the purpose of highly-available and reliable access. A cloud VPN must also offer specific characteristics which address the requirements for secure remote access from any device, over any type of network and from any location.

Ivacy provides for absolutely secure and anonymous VPN connection for any mobile device, such as iPhones, iPads, Android tablets and smartphones.

Companies that want their mobile employees to securely access the company network via the Internet have several options available to them: remote access out of the cloud, virtual private network as a service (VPNaaS) and managed security service provider (MSSP). Due to economic reasons, companies and individuals choose to outsource the operation of their VPNs to cloud, hosting or managed service providers.

The benefits for enterprises include the following:

no investment in hardware, software and in-house experts
a fast realization of a remote access VPN project
low monthly expenses
If the cloud VPN is software-based, it’s able to be virtualized and offers high scalability. Ideally, the cloud VPN solution would support multi-tenancy, be available for all major operating systems and device platforms and have a central management component

Ivacy Supports Discussions @London Conference on Cyberspace

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Ivacy experts carefully followed discussions at London Conference on Cyberspace to catch the trend of concern.

It is obvious though, that VPN is a double-sided sword, which helps, on one hand, obtain privacy and data security to a wide number of clients (which is clearly the case with Ivacy), but on the other hand provides a privacy tool to cyber criminals.

We believe that recent initiative by a number of VPN providers to exchange data on suspected cyber criminal activity is a good start. Thus we will reduce the number of attempts to use our service as a privacy tool to credit card fraud criminals, as an instance.