Apple's iPhone is believed to be more secure than its rivals; but this security does not guarantee the applications being designed and developed for its platform is secured. A Growing number of applications have been proven to have impacted the Security Landscape Of The IOS. Having said that, it is very important for developers to take Best Practices While Developing Applications; whereas users should be cautious before they download any such applications. This article is a brief analysis about the key things developers and users should keep into consideration.
Best Practices for Developers:
• Data should be stored locally when it’s required by the application to work properly.
• User input should be dealt with honestly, it needs to be properly checked, filtered and regulated.
• Proper measures should be taken for superior transport layer protection
• High-end authentication and authorization measures need to be implemented
• Session handling should be done seriously; from the initial stage
• Side channel data should be given due importance
• Crypto systems need to be holistically implemented
• Private and sensitive information should not reside on the mobile devices
• There are other important things exist, but we will cover those in other post
Meanwhile; as a user, you should usually download an application only after being decided about its validity and reviews. If a number of people are speaking on behalf of the application and if the application is well-reviewed and it seems legit and does not look fishy; you can download it.
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