Arxan Technologies, a provider of software security solutions that protect the App Economy, has released its latest anti-fraud innovations, tamper-proof jailbreak detection security and environmental sensing technology.
In addition to Arxan’s pre-existing guards, which are said to be running on more than 200 million devices, these new capabilities deliver enterprise-grade app and mobile environment security to prevent revenue loss, fraud and brand compromise.
For mobile enterprises, securing the app environment is as important as securing the app itself. With users willing to bypass security features and jailbreak phones in increasing numbers, enterprises face increased risks. Applications running on jailbroken devices are more vulnerable to attacks and represent an expanding mobile attack surface.
Mobile device management (MDM) and Home-Grown solutions alone are not enough as they can be easily by-passed by sophisticated hackers targeting the application perimeter. Given aggressive mobile app development cycles, enterprises require solutions that empower their ‘mobile first’ business strategy with protection from the most current cyber threats.
Arxan’s new Jailbreak Detection Guard detects if an app is running in a jailbroken environment, and can trigger customised reactions to safeguard the critical and high-value attributes of an app on an unsecured device. Furthermore, Jailbreak Detection capability is delivered with ‘built-in’ tamper-resistance.
In addition to Jailbreak Detection, Arxan’s mobile app security solutions are also deepened by another new, environment sensing capability, called the Resource Verification Guard. This Guard is inserted into a mobile app to check the integrity of the Android and iOS package resources. It is critical for a mobile client app to maintain its integrity against malware insertion or tampering threats as well as be made ‘aware’ of the status of its environment.
Together, the new Jailbreak Detection and Resource Verification Guards are said to be especially important to the financial services industry where innovations in m-commerce, mobile P2P transactions, balance transfers and payments make it critical to protect high risk transactions.
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Mike Dager, CEO, Arxan, said: "Arxan is committed to offering layered mobile app security solutions that offer defence in-depth protection to enterprises while also supporting the fast-paced App Economy.
"Our customers, especially in the mobile banking and payment industry rely on jailbreak policies to process highly sensitive transactions. By including pre-fortified jailbreak detection, along with advanced environmental security capabilities, we are offering them best-in-class anti-fraud technology in the most comprehensive mobile app protection platform available on the market. "
