# Mobile Security

Skill · Cybersecurity

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/mobile-security

This is the discipline of protecting smartphones, tablets, and the apps and data on them from threats like malware, phishing, and unauthorized access. It covers practices such as secure coding, encryption, mobile device management (MDM), and penetration testing of iOS and Android apps. Security professionals in this area work to safeguard both personal devices and enterprise BYOD (bring your own device) environments.

## Roles that use Mobile Security

- [Chief Information Security Officer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/chief-information-security-officer) — 1

Related skills: [Penetration Testing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/penetration-testing), [Secure Coding](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/secure-coding), [Application Security](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/application-security), [Encryption](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/encryption), [Mobile Banking](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/mobile-banking)

## Open roles requiring Mobile Security (1)

- [Director, Security Architecture and Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/584d6fd8-3445-440b-92f8-543b9b997471/director-security-architecture-and-engineering-at-cfa-institute) at [CFA Institute](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cfa-institute) — Full-time, Charlottesville, VA, $122,300 – $163,100