As we begin 2017 there’s a lot to think about in the mobile space aside from mobile app security testing. What’s going to dominate as we embrace the mobile first world against a backdrop of hacking, data breaches, and new malware that uses phones as a route into our home networks? With numerous pieces of research and thought leadership to choose from we take a look app security, mobility, analytics, enterprise security and automation in 2017. In particular we consider India and wait to see how government policies begin to influence mobile, with demonetization moving citizens to mobile banking on fragmented and vulnerable Android devices.

1. Mobility

The country will see a boost in its digital payment ecosystem by demonetization initiatives announced by the government. Since mobile will become the major medium of transactions, mobile apps will benefit from the move in 2017. Businesses that want to stay in the competition will be producing more mobile apps and, we hope, will be doing more mobile app security testing

2. Mobile App Security Testing

In 2017, mobile app security testing will be the main focus for a change. Usually ignored, the introduction of more mobile wallets and epayment solutions has led consumers to demand that apps provide security, even at the risk of going offline as we saw with companies such as Paytm. The development of secure mobile apps will be a focus of app developers and technology service providers

3. Enterprise Security

Organizations will keep a greater percentage of their budget for security. The safety of confidential data will be a concern for businesses with the advent of Internet of Things and information-sharing without boundaries. It will be a challenge for organizations to come up with counter measures for handling security such as with mobile app security testing, network penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and monitoring.

4. Automation

Automation will be a growing trend of the IT industry in 2017. Due to the ongoing global economic and policitical turmoil, companies will feel the need to develop automated machines and software to grow quickly and work efficiently, thereby reducing dependence on manual workforce.

5. Data Analytics

With a huge amount of data available through computers and smart devices, 2017 will be a year of data mining and analytics. With cashless payment solutions already a projecting trend, there will be more opportunities of growth in this sector.

What do you think will be key technology trends for India in 2017? Please get in touch and let us know.

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