1. Cell phone security

Virginie GALINDO, Standard expert & Innovation, Gemalto SA, La Ciotat, France

In just a few decades, the cell phone has gone from being a simply practical tool, enabling us to receive and make phone calls while on the move, to a tool for work, social contact and managing our daily lives. We can now make a bank transfer from a cell phone, or book a vacation by entering our credit card details on the same device, sometimes in a public place. So it's worth asking ourselves how much we can trust it. How can we assess the level of security of such a technological object? What means do conventional cell phone architectures offer for securing the deployment and use of mobile applications?

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