Android Application Security Essentials: Security has been a bit of a hot topic with Android so this guide is a timely way to ensure your apps are safe. Includes everything from Android security architecture to safeguarding mobile payments.

Pragati Rai

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4 (2 Ratings)

eBook Aug 2013 218 pages 1st Edition

Pragati Rai

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eBook Aug 2013 218 pages 1st Edition

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Understand Android security from kernel to the application layer
Protect components using permissions
Safeguard user and corporate data from prying eyes
Understand the security implications of mobile payments, NFC, and more

Description

In today's techno-savvy world, more and more parts of our lives are going digital, and all this information is accessible anytime and anywhere using mobile devices. It is of the utmost importance that you understand and implement security in your apps that will reduce the likelihood of hazards that will wreck your users' experience. "Android Application Security Essentials" takes a deep look into Android security from kernel to the application level, with practical hands-on examples, illustrations, and everyday use cases. This book will show you how to overcome the challenge of getting the security of your applications right. "Android Application Security Essentials" will show you how to secure your Android applications and data. It will equip you with tricks and tips that will come in handy as you develop your applications.We will start by learning the overall security architecture of the Android stack. Securing components with permissions, defining security in a manifest file, cryptographic algorithms and protocols on the Android stack, secure storage, security focused testing, and protecting enterprise data on your device is then also discussed in detail. You will also learn how to be security-aware when integrating newer technologies like NFC and mobile payments into your Android applications. At the end of this book, you will understand Android security at the system level all the way to the nitty-gritty details of application security for securing your Android applications.

Who is this book for?

If you are looking for guidance and detailed instructions on how to secure app data, then this book is for you. Developers, architects, managers, and technologists who wish to enhance their knowledge of Android security will find this book interesting. Some prior knowledge of development on the Android stack is desirable but not required.

What you will learn

Get familiar with Android security architecture
Secure Android components using permissions
Implement cryptography algorithms and protocols to secure your data
Protect user information both at rest and in transit
Test apps for security
Understand security considerations for upcoming use cases like NFC and mobile payments
Guard the corporate data of enterprises apps

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Shaju Mathew Feb 17, 2014

The first four chapters are rudimentary, with some specific topics not discussed commonly in other books such as: how to share data across multiple packages by running as the same user-id, underlying Linux kernel & dalvik details, binder mechanism. The second half of the book(Chapter 6 - 10) are specific to Android Security. Chapter 5 gets into Android mobile security aspects in detail, and discusses relevant topics such as storage, DRM(applicable to tablet streaming devices/applications like the Kindle, netflix). Chapter 6 deals with encryption, RSA hash, etc that are relevant to real-world android applications. Chapter 7 reviews mechanisms to do property-store & caching using native Android features. Chapter 8 discusses DeviceAdmin features, and Chapter 9 focuses on security-focused testing. The last chapter discusses futuristic advances in the field.Overall, a useful book with a focus on security aspects on Android.

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Luca Morettoni Dec 07, 2013

I don't totally agree with the author in the section "Who this book is for" where she wrote "This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in mobile security", I think every developer (not only the Android ones) need to develop every piece of code with the security concepts in mind!Our application need to be fast, beautiful but also secure! Think about all the personal information that we have in out phone or tablet, open any possible door to malicious apps could be a nightmare!In the book, after a brief introduction on Android application concepts, you start to analize every part of an application under the security point of view, in the book you can also find two good chapters about the crypto API and the security tests. I hope in the future editions of the book the author could expand this two parts with more examples and code snippets!The best chapter is the 7th, about the securing of application data. Every Android application store a lot of user information and is very easy to loose your device: if you're working on an application that store credit card informations or other sensible data (like medical informations or enterprise access tokens) this chapter will drive you to choice which information store and how to secure the storage!At the end of the book you have also a very nice chapter about the "future" of the mobile system and some discussion about the security perspective.Finally, the book is a good reading about the security over Android application, is not the reference guide about crypto API but is a great reading about security best practices.

Android Application Security Essentials: Security has been a bit of a hot topic with Android so this guide is a timely way to ensure your apps are safe. Includes everything from Android security architecture to safeguarding mobile payments.

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