Trustworthy Execution on Mobile Devices

• Main Authors: Vasudevan, Amit (Author), McCune, Jonathan M. (Author), Newsome, James (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Computer security.; Data encryption (Computer science).; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Systems and Data Security.; Computer Communication Networks.; Data Encryption.; Communications Engineering, Networks.
• Physical Description: XIII, 85 p. 15 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781461481904
• ISSN: 2191-5768

This brief considers the various stakeholders in today's mobile device ecosystem, and analyzes why widely-deployed hardware security primitives on mobile device platforms are inaccessible to application developers and end-users. Existing proposals are also evaluated for leveraging such primitives, and proves that they can indeed strengthen the security properties available to applications and users, without reducing the properties currently enjoyed by OEMs and network carriers. Finally, this brief makes recommendations for future research that may yield practical and deployable results.