Well, looks like Gartner has weighed in on the iPhone.
Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple’s iPhone
IPhone’s phone and music player lacks the features business users need, says Gartner.
http://napps.networkworld.com/news/2007/061907-apple-iphone-gartner.html
Fortify on iPhone
Fortify’s blog on Secure Software wrote this interesting missive on the iPhone:
http://extra.fortifysoftware.com/blog/2007/06/sorry_apple_wrong_answer.html
Sorry Apple, Wrong Answer
I love my iPod. I love my Powerbook. Fake Steve Jobs is not too shabby. Along with the rest of the universe, I was preparing to love the iPhone, until today when the real Steve Jobs announced the way third party developers would be allowed to add applications: the Web. That’s right, the iPhone will come complete with Safari, and developers will be able to harness the power of Web 2.0 to create software with all of the same bells and whistles as native iPhone applications.
According to Apple, this allows third party applications to "extend the iPhone’s capabilities without compromising its security or reliability." Uh … that’s scary. It’s already hard to get Web security right, and giving the Web browser access to your contacts, your photos, and your music just ups the penalty for getting it wrong. If the Web is the platform of the future, then cross-site scripting is the next buffer overflow. This is bad news.
I’m going to stop writing iPhone and start writing iP0wn.
Enterprise Security software for Windows Mobile
For those of you wondering about getting a Firewall for Windows Mobile, there’s lots and lots of choices:
- Airscanner® Mobile Firewall for Windows Mobile
- MobileArmor MobileFirewall for Windows Mobile
- Credant Mobile Guardian for Windows Mobile
- Bluefire Mobile Security for Windows Mobile
- ProtectStar Mobile Firewall for Windows Mobile
- F-Secure Mobile Security for Windows Mobile
Here’s a few Anti-Virus programs for Windows Mobile as well:
- McAfee Antivirus for Windows Mobile
- Kaspersky Antivirus Mobile for Windows Mobile
- JP Mobile Surewave Mobile Defence for Windows Mobile
- Symantec Mobile Antivirus for Windows Mobile
- Trend Micro Mobile Security for Windows Mobile
- Airscanner Mobile Antivirus for Windows Mobile
- Bullguard Antivirus for Windows Mobile
Here’s some Data Encryption products for Windows Mobile:
- Utimaco Safeguard PDA for Windows Mobile
- Safeboot Device Encryption for Windows Mobile
- SecuBox for Pocket PC
- PointSec for Pocket PC
- Trust Digital PDASecure for Windows Mobile
- Sentry 2020 for Windows Mobile
- Cryptostorage for Pocket PC
And here’s some VPN solutions for Windows Mobile:
- Windows Mobile native-PPTP/L2TP-IPSec VPN
- AnthaVPN for Windows Mobile
- Bluefire Mobile Secure VPN for Windows Mobile (Cisco-integrated)
- Checkpoint F1-SecureClient Mobile for Windows Mobile
- iPassConnect for Windows Mobile
These are some popular articles on Windows Mobile Security:
- Pocket PC Magazine’s article on Windows Mobile Device Security Policies
- Pocket PC FAQ’s article on Pocket PC Security
- Windows Mobile Device Management and Security Solutions Guide
- Windows Mobile Device Support & Corporate Guidelines for Device Lifecyles
- Network Security for the Windows Mobile Platform