Security for Hybrid Mobile Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Introduction

In recent years, vendors and information technology practitioners have researched on security solutions necessary, to prevent data breaches and protect user’s privacy (Chess, & McGraw, 2004). For many years, mobile devices have been supported by a number of security applications. Thus technical constraints have contributed to organizations and consumer’s confidence aimed at protecting user’s privacy. Besides, homogeneity and heterogeneity capabilities for mobile devices are designed to support enterprises and consumer’s requirements (Ubl, 2011; Rajapakse, 2008; Charland & LeRoux, 2011; Adam & Christ, 2011; Christ, 2011). In the modern time, the mobile industry has designed several technology product solutions to attract enterprises and consumers’ business and market attention. Nearly a decade ago, vendors designed commodity hardware and software appliances with embedded capabilities to leverage customer’s specifications (Chess, & McGraw, 2004; Burns, 2009). These characteristics include, but are not limited to customized commodity hardware and software appliance, developed to satisfy the user’s requirements (Ubl, 2011; Gartner, 2012; Mark, 2013). These features include: faster processing, improved memory and enough storage capacity designed to attract enterprises and consumers’ business/market interests. The homogeneity and heterogeneity features mobile devices offer, focused on supporting the enterprises and consumer’s business specifications (Fowler, & C. S., 2012; Burns, 2009; Christ, 2011).