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Drivers for a Secure Mobile App Development Framework

Authors:
Christoff Jacobs
Marijke Coetzee

Keywords: mobile application; secure software development frameworks, cybersecurity

Abstract:
To stay competitive in a fast-evolving landscape, lifestyle, e-commerce, finance, and health sectors use mobile apps to enhance their traditional capabilities with new innovative features to satisfy customer demands. Developing sophisticated and secure mobile apps requires a skilled understanding of software development techniques, protection mechanisms, and mobile security practices to safeguard customers against cyberattacks. Software development teams often apply frameworks and best practices according to their unique experience and knowledge, resulting in vulnerable mobile apps. Numerous software development challenges, a lack of guidelines, and a standardised agile approach for creating secure mobile apps need to be addressed. The primary objective of this research is to initiate the process of delineating mobile application security drivers. This initial step lays the foundation for the subsequent development of a comprehensive, secure software development framework for mobile applications, with an overarching emphasis on security across all stages of development. This framework is designed to be adaptable and customizable to meet the specific security needs of diverse industries. The security drivers can form the foundation for a novel framework to guide the creation of secure mobile apps

Pages: 59 to 66

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: September 25, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2162-2116

ISBN: 978-1-68558-092-6

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from September 25, 2023 to September 29, 2023