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How to Deliver on DevSecOps While Winning Support from the DevOps Team

By Amy Schurr / March 27, 2019 / Comments Off on How to Deliver on DevSecOps While Winning Support from the DevOps Team

A mobile app security testing tool must meet the needs of your DevOps team and help them quickly find and fix vulnerabilities. Look for solutions that integrate with the Devs toolchain via plug-ins or APIs and interoperates with other tools to aid the mission of developing secure mobile apps faster.

How the GDPR Raises Public Awareness About Privacy

By Amy Schurr / March 20, 2019 / Comments Off on How the GDPR Raises Public Awareness About Privacy

The attention surrounding GDPR has intensified public awareness and attention about data privacy issues like never before. This is especially true for mobile apps such as Facebook. As Facebook endures scrutiny over data collection processes, the company suffered a stock plunge and continues to lose users. Organizations can use GDPR as a privacy framework to shape steps to safeguard user data and privacy.

Three Essential Mobile Security Measures

By Amy Schurr / March 13, 2019 / Comments Off on Three Essential Mobile Security Measures

Would you install an IoT security camera outside your home but not bother to lock the front door? Didn’t think so. That’s why we recommend focusing on the mobile security initiatives that proactively tackle the most threats. They include choosing a more secure device and mobile OS, deploying MDM and conducting mobile app vetting. Learn how these best practices for mobile security work together to reduce risk.

How to Deliver on DevSecOps with Automated Mobile AppSec Testing Tools

By Amy Schurr / March 6, 2019 / Comments Off on How to Deliver on DevSecOps with Automated Mobile AppSec Testing Tools

Mature mobile app development shops need security testing tools that provide a high degree of coverage, accuracy, remediation advice and timely updates. Automated security testing can help reduce friction in the dev pipeline and better enable DevSecOps by keeping security analysts and developers on the same page.

Mobile App DevOps Metrics that Matter

By Amy Schurr / February 27, 2019 / Comments Off on Mobile App DevOps Metrics that Matter

We’ve compiled a cheat sheet of commonly used DevOps metrics that those adopting a DevSecOps discipline will find useful. Read on to learn more about the metrics that support two main categories of improvements to the mobile app software development lifecycle (SDLC): Speed and quality as they pertain to application security.

RSA Conference 2019: Don’t Miss These Dozen DevSecOps & AppSec Sessions

By Amy Schurr / February 25, 2019 / Comments Off on RSA Conference 2019: Don’t Miss These Dozen DevSecOps & AppSec Sessions

Are you heading to the RSA Conference 2019 in San Francisco next week to meet with fellow cybersecurity professionals? You’ll want to build your agenda now because RSA recommends reserving a seat for your chosen sessions before the event. The NowSecure team will be there all week. We’re excited to be co-sponsoring the official DevSecOps […]

Mobile App Session Replay & Its Privacy Impact

By Amy Schurr / February 18, 2019 / Comments Off on Mobile App Session Replay & Its Privacy Impact

Session replay is a technique that allows app developers to view screenshots, screen recordings, and touch events of how a user interacts with an app. Depending on how this technique is implemented, it can have some serious impacts to a user’s privacy. Based on recent news event, Apple already has started to notify app developers that they should obtain consent and inform users if they are being recorded.

Mobile Dating Apps Threaten Users’ Privacy

By NowSecure Marketing / February 13, 2019 / Comments Off on Mobile Dating Apps Threaten Users’ Privacy

Dating apps pose particular privacy concerns due to the massive amount of personal information stored and exchanged by users. NowSecure recently analyzed the cybersecurity risk level of 50 publicly available dating mobile apps available in the Apple® App Store® and Google Play™. Find out what we discovered and how organizations and users can protect themselves.

Frida 12.3 Debuts New Crash Reporting Feature

By Amy Schurr / February 7, 2019 / Comments Off on Frida 12.3 Debuts New Crash Reporting Feature

The Frida 12.3 open-source software dynamic instrumentation toolkit offers an exciting new app crash reporting feature that provides more details about failed jobs and enhances iOS crash reporting. Learn about this new capability and how it saves Frida users time and improves the experience of NowSecure customers.

Shining a spotlight on privacy violations in children’s mobile apps

By Amy Schurr / January 23, 2019 / Comments Off on Shining a spotlight on privacy violations in children’s mobile apps

Amidst increasing concern over compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and data privacy, we tested 50 Android mobile apps for young kids for security and privacy risk. The findings show worrisome vulnerabilities in webview, network and Inter-Component Communication.