Commercial mobile devices without proper protections are creating risks to our National Security.
Lack of emphasis on secure teleworking is a national security risk.
Posted by
Michael Campbell on Jun 1, 2020 4:12:16 PM
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Topics: Mobile Security, Smartphone Hacking, Smartphone Vulnerabilities, spyware
CEO walks out of nondescript office building accompanied by COLLEAGUE. CEO pulls smartphone out of her purse to study a restaurant’s website. Her smartphone’s status bar blinks briefly to indicate a change in cellular connection status.
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Topics: Mobile Security, Smartphone Hacking, Smartphone Vulnerabilities, IMSI Catchers
The importance of trust in leading a market transition
Posted by
John Chambers on Dec 5, 2019 11:10:29 AM
As I wrote in my book Connecting the Dots, trust is one of a company’s two most important assets (the other is information). For a company looking to lead a market transition, establishing trust is a bit like the old chicken and egg dilemma: The company can’t earn trust without customer validation, yet they can’t get customers without first establishing trust. This is exactly why the hardest customer to land is always the first – and why, at the end of the day, successfully navigating the delicate balance of trust becomes vital to survival.
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Topics: Mobile Security, Privoro, JC2 Ventures, Connecting the Dots, John Chambers, Trusted Hardware, Mike Fong
A quick update on 2019 mobile predictions made in January.
Posted by
Mike Fong on Oct 6, 2019 8:07:46 PM
So far this year, the surreptitious capture of audio and visual data via smartphone cameras and microphones has negatively impacted the world’s richest person and a beloved trillion-dollar company. It’s safe to say that awareness of this issue has reached the mainstream, increasingly forcing individuals, enterprises and product makers to change how they operate. To see how the trajectory of smartphone surveillance has changed even in the last several months, I think it would be helpful to look back at my 2019 predictions as a starting point.
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Topics: Mobile Security, Smartphone Hacking, Smartphone Vulnerabilities, Smartphone Security, Corporate Espionage, spyware
How Apple shapes the narrative about smartphone security.
Posted by
Julie Dexter Berg on Sep 18, 2019 10:49:09 AM
In August, we conducted our annual survey designed to gauge attitudes about mobile security and privacy. In looking behind this year’s numbers, I was struck by how shifting perspectives seem to mirror the goings-on in the world of Apple. As a trillion-dollar company and the maker of the ever-popular iPhone, Apple has a metaphorical magnifying glass on everything it does, good or bad.
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Topics: Mobile Security, Smartphone Hacking, Smartphone Vulnerabilities, Smartphone Security
Think of the last time you received a sensitive piece of information. Perhaps it was news of a highly anticipated project at work finally getting the green light, or maybe a not-for-public-consumption update about a friend’s pregnancy. Now recall what you did with that information. Did you keep it to yourself or did you share it with a significant other or trusted friend?
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Topics: Mobile Security, Government Security, Data in Vicinity, Security Enterprise Services, Cyber Security News
Lawmakers’ smartphones and the battle of information.
Posted by
Michael Campbell on Jul 24, 2019 8:36:39 AM
There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!
- a line from the 1992 film Sneakers
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Topics: Mobile Security, SafeCase, Election Security
I’m happy to share that the Air Force, through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, has awarded Privoro a prototyping contract for our government smartphone security solutions. You can learn more by reading our press release announcing the contract.
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Topics: Mobile Security, SafeCase, Mike Fong, Blue Force Tracking, Air Force, SBIR, Small Business Innovation Research, USAF
Organizations concerned about sensor abuse are now adopting the Privoro SafeCase™, a first-of-its-kind mobile security solution companion for smartphones that not only provides its own set of trusted sensors but also protects against illicit audio/video capture by hijacked cameras and microphones.
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Topics: Mobile Security, Smartphone Hacking, Smartphone Vulnerabilities
The piece of hardware at the cutting edge of cybersecurity.
Posted by
John Chambers on Mar 4, 2019 6:10:51 AM
By John Chambers, Founder and CEO of JC2 Ventures and former CEO and Chairman of Cisco
As a mentor, investor, and longtime player in the tech industry, I’m frequently asked which market segments I’m betting big on over the coming decade. My knack for spotting market transitions and the technologies that will fuel these shifts partially stems from my relentless focus on outcomes. That’s why I approach investing like a multiplayer chess game; I play out the entire game, replay various scenarios and anticipate others’ moves before I make the decision to invest my time and resources.
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Topics: Mobile Security, Smartphone Vulnerabilities, Smartphone Security, JC2 Ventures, Connecting the Dots, John Chambers, Trusted Hardware