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Released: September 19, 2011
Security software for mobile devices
Source: Byron Acohido, USA Today
The prospect of consumers and employees physically losing information-packed mobile devices, or getting them hacked, is driving a red-hot sector of the tech industry: supplying mobile security. Research firm IDC says global spending on mobile security is on track to balloon to $1.9 billion by 2015, up from $407 million in 2010. PC anti-virus companies Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro and Webroot, among others, are stepping up efforts to market their mobile security services to consumers. A subscription, which typically costs about $30 per year, includes anti-virus protection, backup data storage and technology to locate a lost or stolen mobile device. Some offerings also include safe browsing, parental monitoring and the ability to remotely lock a missing device and even wipe clean all the sensitive data it contains.Read Full Article: Security software for mobile devices
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