Mobile devices need additional protection because their nature places them at higher exposure than desktops or laptops sitting inside your office network. Before designing or deploying a mobile solution, organizations should develop system threat models — identifying resources of interest, the feasible threats, the relevant security controls, and where those controls need to be improved.
A desktop in your office sits on a network you control, behind firewalls you operate, in a physical space your team can secure. A mobile device sits on whatever public WiFi the user joined at the airport, syncs over carrier networks you don't manage, and may be left in a rental car overnight.
Threat modeling for mobile starts from a different baseline. We assume the network is hostile. We assume the device may be lost. We assume the user will install something they shouldn't. Our job is to make sure your data survives all three.
For most of our clients, mobile risk is the gap their existing IT provider isn't watching. Network monitoring stops at the firewall. Endpoint detection often skips the personal phone with the work email account installed. The corporate MDM is configured for compliance, not for adversaries.
We model the attack the way an attacker would think about it, identify the controls that actually matter, and harden the mobile estate against the specific threats that target it.
Identification of vulnerabilities across your mobile network — web applications used from mobile, the network layer mobile devices traverse, and software running on wireless devices. We test the attack paths that target mobile specifically, not generic web app testing repurposed for phones.
Source code review and dynamic analysis of mobile applications your organization develops or relies on. Identification of insecure storage, weak crypto, broken authentication, and the OWASP Mobile Top 10. Critical for organizations shipping their own mobile apps.
Structured threat modeling for your mobile deployment. We identify which resources are actually at risk, the feasible threat vectors, and the controls needed to mitigate them. The output is a written model your team uses for ongoing decisions.
Bring-your-own-device programs create real risk if not properly scoped. We assess the security posture of personally-owned devices accessing corporate data, identify policy gaps, and recommend controls — including when BYOD should be replaced with corporate-managed devices.
Most organizations deploy MDM (Intune, Jamf, MaaS360, Workspace ONE) configured for compliance, not security. We review your configuration against a real threat model, identifying policies that look good in the dashboard but fail against an actual attacker.
Mobile devices connect to wireless networks you control and many you don't. We assess your wireless deployment for rogue access points, weak encryption, captive portal vulnerabilities, and the specific risks of guest networks. Where appropriate, we model attacker behavior against your specific environment.
If your security posture doesn't reflect that, an attacker will. We help you find out before they do.