It is the dawn of ‘smartphones’ era; and so of smartphone virus. The smartphones are exposed to different viruses due to their versatile communication capabilities; however, at times, they are difficult to control due to their constraints of resources and network connectivity. As a result, the upcoming virus attacks can easily spread out and immobilize both the smartphone users and the cellular and telephony infrastructures. This is when smartphone security solutions come into picture.

With increasing smartphone penetration and rise in the number of mobile internet users, there is a huge growth in codes of viruses as well. Besides, with increasing mobile payments and mobile transactions, mobile security protection has become a major issue of concern, in turn, giving a boost to smartphone security market. Operating systems such as Android and iOS are becoming increasingly popular, as they provide a vast pool of applications.

The smartphone security market is segmented on the basis of mobile operating systems, ownership, and features. Mobile operating systems consist of following operating systems: Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iOS, and Other OS. Other OS includes Bada (Samsung), Palm, Linux, and Java OS. The Symbian OS market is expected to dip down further whereas android and iOS is expected to pick up pace.

MarketsandMarkets expects the global smartphone security market to grow from $387.15 million in 2010 to $2964.89 million by 2016 with a CAGR of 43.97% from 2011 to 2016. High growth markets will be Europe, followed by Asia-Pacific, North America, and ROW.

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