BlackBerry OS is More Secure than iOS and Android

A lot of malware that attack a variety of platforms recently caused concerns. Smartphone and tablet users with different OS should be more careful in downloading applications, especially applications from new developers.

A security vendor and antivirus cloud computing security and internet content, Trend Micro make a research to find out which mobile operating system most secure in the smartphone. The result, the BlackBerry OS in the first rank for the most secure Operating System.

Although recently BlackBerry lost to competing with iOS device and Android, but BlackBerry OS is the most secure from malware or virus attack. Measured in terms of application security, authentication, device removal, firewall and virtualization features of BlackBerry OS 7.0 is more secure than iOS 5, Windows Phone 7.5 even than Android 2.3. This is what makes the BlackBerry believed to still ideal for enterprise users. iOS in second it caused iOS devices has not slot for additional memory. Window mobile in the next rank, caused applications in this OS is not too much than others and carefully guarded.

Android rated by Trend Micro is the least secure because almost every application requesting access to a variety of before it is installed. So the level of it depends on the Android security of each user, not from the operating system.

So the security score for each operating system is: BlackBerry (2.89), IOS (1.7), Windows Phone (1.61) and Android (1.37).