KRISHNA The State of Mobile Security in India The 23 rd IFIP World Computer Congress 2015 October 5 A Market Analysis and Recommendations for Enterprises Penmetsa Murali Krishna I am Business Management Professional with an MBA from Denmark, Masters in Information Security from Norway and have more then 16 years of professional experience mainly in the education management industry in the areas of Strategic Planning, Operations Management, Student Recruitment, University Cooperations and Lecturing in International Business. About me MBA from Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Masters in Information Security, Norway Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering, India Germany, Austria, Switzerland Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway UK,France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands MBA : 24 Nationalities (America, EMEA, Asia Pacific ) Dean of Gokaraju RangaRaju Institute of Science and Technology Guest Professor for International Management at FH Joannuem,Austria from April 2015 Guest Professor in International Business,,Cross Cultural Management,Leadership and Indian Advisor for UAS Upper Austria & UAS Tech Wien & FH Campus Wien,Austria from 2013,2014 Head of Operations for Mantena Laboratories Limited, India, (Pharma Manufacturing Company) External Strategy Consultant for Tata Consultancy Services A/S, Denmark, Co-Founder and Business Development Manager for Spangle Consultants Private Limited, India, Student Recruitment Teaching : International Business, Marketing University Cooperation's Career Planning Professional ExpertiseWork Experience16 Years Cultural AffinityEducational Qualifications State of Mobile Security Political Trends Political Trends Social Trends Social Trends Technological Trends Technological Trends Economic Trends Economic Trends Industry Analysis PEST Considerations Industry analysis Technological trends Economic trends Socio cultural trends Recommendations Conclusion Agenda Technological Trends Mobile data traffic is growing exponentially Declining hardware prices Roll out of 4G technology Growth in mobile internet use Mobile devices are used as enterprise tool With this protecting corporate data on mobile will become a more prevalent issue for enterprises. Source : Mobility Adoption is Poised For Strong Growth in India by Forrester,June,2012,Enterprise Mobility Market-Part II/IV,Sep 2011,Financialexpress Technological Trends Android is the prefered mobile platforms in enterprises Top mobile OS are android,windows and iOS and blackberry iphone used in corporates and android mostly in mass market Android platforms will be more prone to mobile attacks & raises need more security on mobile operating system level. Source : Mobile Matinee Technological Trends Cloud to drive next advanced mobile apps for enterprises Mobile devices are used as enterprise tool Advanced applications like CRM,ERP and SFA are gearing up. Saas as an alternative for on premises applications is increasing This increases the need for development of secure mobile applications, data encryption and authentication methods. Source : May 2012,Mobility Adoption is Poised For Strong Growth in India, Forrester, February 2012,Sizing the Cloud Markets in Asia pacific,Forrester and October,2011,Navigating the APAC Saas market, Technological Trends Majority lack necessary initiatives to address security risks. This pushes enterprises to implement mobile device management, authentication solutions and security policies. Source : India Information Security Survey at glance by PWC,2014 Industry analysis Technological trends Economic trends Socio cultural trends Recommendations Conclusion Agenda Economic Trends Budget allocation for info security has decreased This will make enterprises more prone to security risks and threats. Source :,Security and Authentication : An Industry perspective CCA,PWC October,2014 $4.8 million $4 million Drop in total average information security budgets in India Key drivers for information security spending in India Economic Trends Enterprises are increasing spending for more productivity Mobile devices are used as an enterprise tool Replacements for desktops and laptops Majority plan to increase spending on mobile devices This will make enterprises more prone to security risks and in turn push to increase budget for mobile security. Source :,Mobility Adoption is Poised For Strong Growth in India, Forrester Industry analysis Technological trends Economic trends Socio cultural trends Recommendations Conclusion Agenda Socio Cultural Trends Mobile security awareness is a challenge in indian firms Employees non seriousness is a challenge Majority do not have security policies for mobile devices This makes enterprises more prone to security risks and need for creating more awareness on mobile security. Source : The State of Data Security and Privacy in Indian Industry by DSCI & KPMG and July 2012,Norton Survey and May 2012,Decoding The Behavior of Indian IT Security Buyers, Forrester, Security and Authentication : An Industry perspective CCA,PWC 2014 Socio Cultural Trends BYOD with no mobile security strategy a major challenge Majority do not have security policies for mobile devices. BYOD & working from anywhere and anytime is increasing. This impacts the security culture of organization, behavior, accountability of employees. This impacts the security culture of organization, behavior, accountability of employees. Source : Decoding The Behavior of Indian IT Security Buyers, Forrester and and Dataquest BYOD takes a big leap Industry analysis Technological trends Economic trends Socio cultural trends Recommendations Conclusion Agenda Recommendations Develop mobile security policies for your organization Security professionals develop mobile security policies on acceptable and non acceptable use of applications. Develop BYOD strategy with security functions Security professionals encourage employees to BYOD which satisfies organization defined set of devices & has security functions like password entry, remote lock & wipe, biometrics and can deploy VDI based on need. Mobile security awareness program Security professionals must measure mobile security awareness on people factor,compliance to policies,loyality,controls and create awareness. Mobility is a strong support for Indian organizations and cannot be stopped. KRISHNA Penmetsa Murali Krishna Thank you