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Time to adopt strict vigilance on mobile security threats

A mobile phone with icon diagram features hacking in to cyberspace stealing online personal data. [Getty Images]

Mobile security risks continue posing critical challenges to individual, companies and even government agencies. These risks include physical tracking of personnel and unlawful access to sensitive information.

Reports by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) indicate that Kenya now boasts of close to 60 million mobile devices being connected to mobile phone networks. It is against this backdrop that mobile phone device security has become of paramount importance. Mobile phone security involves putting in place mechanisms to protect against cyber attack vectors that threaten the four pillars of security - confidentiality, integrity, availability and non-repudiation.

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