Securing fintech and other applications
Nearly 60 percent of Americans are using some type of mobile device, such as tablets and smart phones, on a daily basis, according to statistics listed on Pew Research: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/. Of those, over 80 percent use a smartphone, and that trend will continue to rise.
We use our devices to perform many common activities, such as shopping, chatting, browsing, banking, reading books, and making phone calls. Because of this, there can be a substantial amount of information that is housed on a mobile device. Using safeguards such as fingerprint and facial recognition helps secure our devices and protect data from unauthorized exposure.
In this section, we’ll take a look at the importance of making sure the device limits access only to authorized individuals and processes, so as to prevent data loss and exposure. We’ll then look at some of the laws that define how data is protected and how...
