Researchers To Highlight Weaknesses In Secure Mobile Data Stores

With employees increasingly working from their personal devices, companies are searching for ways to protect sensitive data from whatever might be inhabiting those untrusted mobile environments.

Weaknesses in secure mobile data stores

One method, frequently referred to as a secure container, uses an encrypted data store to protect the business information on the device from malware or an unauthorized user. Yet, such precautions are not enough, says Michael Shaulov, CEO of Israeli startup Lacoon Mobile Security, which will show off ways to circumvent the protection of secure containers this month at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas.

Any malware or user that has access to the operating system will be able to undermine the integrity of the encryption used for most, if not all, secure containers included as part of a mobile device management (MDM) solution, Shaulov says.ng those untrusted mobile environments.

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