Forrester Research’s Top 10 Nontechnical Security Issues in Mobile App Development

Tyler Shields of Forrester Research brought out a very different nontechnical Top 10 list of mobile security risks, but it’s just as appropriate as the previous lists. This Top 10 does a great job of explaining the current state of security when it comes to mobile development.

1. Inadequate developer incentives

2. Lack of mobile-specific security education

3. Inadequate resources available for mobile development security

4. Security without consideration for human factors

5. Taking security out of the hands of the developer

6. Ignorance of the business need

7. Securing mobile, which means securing Agile

8. Focusing on security while ignoring privacy

9. Lack of ...

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