Analysts from Trend Micro's claim that the BlackBerry mobile platform 7 OS is the most secures operating system from the perspective of business objectives and business needs. In second place on this criterion is iOS 5, the third position belongs to the Windows Phone 7.5, and in last place - Android 2.3.
According to the results of the study, the average score was 7 BlackBerry 2.89, significantly outpacing a 1.70 index iOS; these same values in Windows Phone 7.5 and Android 2.3 are 1.61 and 1.37, respectively.
Based on these figures, the experts concluded that the Windows Phone 7.5 is still too immature, but it is characterized by regular approaches to the implementation of security mechanisms. Android 2.3 has been criticized for model-based application licensing policy - the average user is not aware which of them should give out the program and what actions can be performed on the last fact. Online stores, including Google Play, compared with a "cesspool" - so they are full of junk and malware. But the lack of a centralized mechanism for Android update due to fragmentation of wildlife ecosystems - in itself a huge gap in the security subsystem.
Communicators iPhone, iPad tablet and players iPod touch, an incredibly popular thanks to the high level of interaction with users, was praised for lack of support for removable flash storage devices, and among the noted shortcomings of mobile service management solutions authorship of the third party providers.
Experts evaluated the OS on a number of factors, such as built-in security mechanisms, authentication, data protection, protection devices, security applications, deleting data without the possibility of their recovery, support for ActiveSync, firewalls, security certificates, virtualization, and others.
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