Securing Mobile Data from nosy Hand

Features cell phone (mobile phone) which contains more complete has been the role of a tool that is increasingly vital. In fact, like a laptop or notebook, many people have used mobile phones, especially the types of smartphones, as an everyday working tool.

As a result, the phone also becomes a store of a variety of important data. Not only the personal data such as account numbers or passwords phone banking, employment data was frequently stored in it.

Viewing these developments, of course, a safety feature phones increasingly important. Therefore, securing the phone not only physical, but also securing their data.

This security feature is also becoming more important because the higher the risk of losing your phone. As an illustration, in a safe country like the UK alone, the rate of loss of mobile phones reached 228 units per hour.

Currently, most data security standard in all phones is the Personal Identification Number (PIN). For the data contained in the SIM card, such as address book, there is a PIN from the operator.

There are three keys that can be used for free. This is the identity of a safety device, commonly called the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity). If the analogy with a car phone, the IMEI number is a kind of machine.

The operator can detect the IMEI of phones that use their SIM. On paper, the legitimate owner of the phone could have asked all operators to block certain phones with IMEI numbers.

But these free keys spelled easily penetrated. Even the keys that are based on the IMEI though. "Thieves can change the IMEI as there really is his tool," said XL Mobile Data Content Management Services, Arief Agus.

So, those who are fond of storing important data on mobile personal-nan, would require extra safety.

Closing the data access

Currently, there are many security applications are made to third parties. There are free and no pay. Sure, its not free to have features that more robust and diverse. The price of a package of mobile data security, ranging from 30 to 40 U.S. dollars.

Pay a fairly complete application, among others, Kaspersky Mobile Security 8 that works on top of the Symbian operating system version 9.1, 9.2, up to 9.3. There is also a similar product aimed at mobile phones that use Windows Mobile operating system series 5.0, 6.0, and 6.1. Kaspersky price tag of the artificial application of this 30 dollars.

Other software can be used for mobile data security as PhoneBAK2U, Phoneback Mobilephone, Security Genius Phone Guardian, Mobi Guard, Ultimate Theft Alert V3, Lookout, or Mguard Theft Recovery.

How it works is relatively simple applications. If the SIM card is replaced, the phone will send messages automatically to an emergency number, which has been determined in advance by the owner of the phone. Rightful owner can close access to various data on the phone with his reply to the automated message.