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IPhone, WinMo phones not quite as secure, says the study.
Its results may surprise some. It blasts Apple's iPhone with an overall score of 1 out of 4. Apple's worst performance came in the device category in which it earned a zero. Ms. Lopez notes that the underlying OS X build is easily compromised, that the system lacks over the air security updates, and that its encryption options are lacking.
Networking was Apple's strongest category. The reason why it performed well, according to Ms. Lopez, was that the iPhone "uses the same active directory based on authentication methods as Windows Mobile." Microsoft earned a lower mark -- 2/4 -- on devices as its encryption was lacking, despite having over-the-air updates.
Sales leader RIM, though, took the cake, earning a perfect mark. States Ms. Lopez, "RIM offers strong security protection across the device, transmission and the network domains through tight control of the device, its software and its application control policies. While other vendors have stepped up security efforts in the past year, RIM offers the most robust security solution."
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