Evaluation of Security Solutions for Android Systems

TL;DR

This paper reviews current security solutions for Android smartphones and proposes an evaluation framework to assess their effectiveness, aiming to improve security measures against advanced attacks.

Contribution

It introduces a novel evaluation methodology specifically tailored for Android security solutions, aiding developers and experts in assessing and improving security mechanisms.

Findings

Reviewed state-of-the-art Android security solutions

Proposed a set of evaluation criteria for Android security mechanisms

Framework to assist in developing and assessing security solutions

Abstract

With the increasing usage of smartphones a plethora of security solutions are being designed and developed. Many of the security solutions fail to cope with advanced attacks and are not aways properly designed for smartphone platforms. Therefore, there is a need for a methodology to evaluate their effectiveness. Since the Android operating system has the highest market share today, we decided to focus on it in this study in which we review some of the state-of-the-art security solutions for Android-based smartphones. In addition, we present a set of evaluation criteria aiming at evaluating security mechanisms that are specifically designed for Android-based smartphones. We believe that the proposed framework will help security solution designers develop more effective solutions and assist security experts evaluate the effectiveness of security solutions for Android-based smartphones.