Many of the world's banks require customers to log in to online banking by using a small security device to generate a one-off password.
His nearly 100 patented creations include a dictionary, a train-switching system and, most recently, a service that turns an ordinary pager into a personal security device.
Earlier this year, Sprint introduced a designation for select smartphones, including Galaxy Note II, that deliver enhanced security, device management and Exchange Active Sync capabilities to business customers, Sprint Professional Grade.
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It is one of several devices available with Sprint Professional Grade, a new designation for select smartphones that deliver enhanced security, device management and Exchange Active Sync capabilities to business users.
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Consequently, both device manufacturers and mobile operators are looking to provide for security on the device itself so that transactions can be completed there without necessarily having to do round-trip, real-time checks with services running in the cloud.
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Mobile email security is arguably ahead of device and cloud security.
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Meraki technology offers customers Wi-Fi, switching, security and mobile device management centrally managed from the cloud.
Kevin Mahaffey, chief technologist at Lookout, has been researching mobile device security since the days when BlueTooth was cutting-edge.
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Apple is not the only company that recognizes the use of fingerprint and biometric interfaces in device security and mobile payments.
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The camera can also be used to lock and unlock the tablet thanks to face recognition, enhancing the security of the device and making it truly yours.
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The security of the device remains unparalleled for business use and the device will be sleek and impressive for those that have to be seen wearing the latest rolex.
The joint venture, which is subject to regulatory approval, will provide a secure environment for a new wave of advanced services to flourish, based on easy to use, accessible and consistent device security.
According to Kevin Fu, an expert on medical-device security and a computer scientist at the University of Michigan and the University of Massachusetts, as medical equipment is increasingly connected to PCs especially those running Windows the devices themselves are vulnerable to computer viruses.
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What's more, the Digital Entertainment Center , protects customers' existing technologies from obsolescence by supporting current video formats up to 1080p, and all major color and encoding standards including Mpeg2, Mpeg4, H.264, and VC1, and up-converting these to bit-rates as much as triple conventional HD rates, while incorporating full image and device security.
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The apparent breach of airport security follows a report last week that an undercover TSA inspector brought a mock explosive device through two security checks at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
"Residents had to leave their homes whilst security forces removed the device, " Mr McGlone said.
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It is being sold as a friend to your children, a security guard and entertainment device.
Since the Galaxy S4's launch, Samsung's been eager to make security one of the device's stronger selling points.
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"With these post-PC devices, manufacturers are taking on the responsibility for security for the entire device, " he says.
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This security software maintains constant contact with a server that automatically sends antivirus updates, cryptographic information and company-security policies to the device.
For the enterprise, Apple first added business email, then decent security, then enterprise device management hooks, and now a B2B app store and soon a decent over-the-air software delivery model.
For example, security of an endpoint device becomes less of a risk management factor if data is protected and authorized users must authenticate their identities to gain access to it.
Finally, the security gurus took a device popular in the US, and used non-encrypted ethernet communication between the terminal and other peripherals to hack into the payment device and take root control.
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This one device can add security features to perhaps 10, 000 personal computers at once, dramatically cutting cost and time associated with securing PCs one at a time.
Carried by the head of state's security guards, the rainproof device is coated in high-strength Kevlar so it can reduce the force of bullets and resist knife attacks.
Each device has distinct security characteristics, which can pose significant technical challenges to authentication, but by offering a unified, comprehensive content security service, the industry can eliminate this first major hurdle to TV everywhere.
In 2006, when Pyongyang last lit off a volley of missiles and then exploded a nuclear device, the Security Council responded unanimously with Resolutions 1695 and 1718, which imposed extensive military and some economic sanctions.
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For example, configuration options that appeal only to power users -- device administrators, security credentials and USB debugging -- are still accessible from the Easy Experience settings menu, which add needless complexity to an otherwise simplistic interface.
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