Trends Report

Mobile Authentication: Is This My App? Is This My User?

Strategy Deep Dive: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook

December 5th, 2012
Andras Cser, Vice President, Principal Analyst
Andras Cser Vice President, Principal Analyst
Chenxi Wang, null
Chenxi Wang
With contributors:
Stephanie Balaouras , Eve Maler , Thayer Frechette

Summary

Mobile devices are everywhere: at work, in the hands of your customers, and with employees. Security and risk (S&R) professionals need to provide users with secure and seamless mobile access to business services such as online banking, storefronts, as well as enterprise applications. Mobile authentication, as a fundamental enabling technology, permeates every aspect of mobile application operations, from registration, authorization, and updates, to the eventual deregistration. This report looks at the most important and mandatory mobile authentication design patterns, steps, and best practices, within the context of native mobile applications. We also provide a checklist of considerations to ensure that your mobile authentication strategy is complete.

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