Mobile devices with desktop-computer capabilities, such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones, are the future of computers and communication. They are perfect for use from anywhere with an internet connection due to their size, operating systems, applications, and computing power. With the rise of ruggedized devices, the Internet of Things (IoT), and operating systems like Chrome OS, macOS, and Windows 10, any piece of hardware with these features becomes a mobile computing device.
Organizations and users have decided to buy and use mobile devices over desktop computers as they have grown more
affordable and portable. And, as a wireless internet connection becomes more common, all types of mobile devices are becoming more vulnerable to assaults and data breaches.
Although mobile device authentication and authorization are handy, they enhance risk by removing the limits of a secure organizational boundary.
Multi-touch screens, gyroscopes, accelerometers, GPS, microphones, multi-megapixel cameras, and ports, for example, expand a smartphone's capabilities by permitting the attachment of more devices. These new features alter how users authenticate and how authorization is distributed locally to devices, applications, and services on a network. As a result of the additional capabilities, the number of endpoints that require cybersecurity protection is growing.
Cybercriminals can now break into cars, baby monitors, security cameras, even medical implants. By 2025, more than 75 billion 'things' might be connected to the Internet, including cameras, thermostats, door locks, smart TVs, health monitors, lightbulbs, and a variety of other devices.
