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Android Apps Security

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Sheran Gunasekera
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  • Aims to be the first Android security book to market
  • The author is a security expert in / on mobile and enterprise issues
  • Android continues to be a hot developer topic.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Android Architecture

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 1-12

  3. Information: The Foundation of an App

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 13-29

  4. Android Security Architecture

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 31-45

  5. Concepts in Action — Part 1

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 47-54

  6. Data Storage and Cryptography

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 55-85

  7. Talking to Web Apps

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 87-119

  8. Security in the Enterprise

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 121-136

  9. Concepts in Action: Part 2

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 137-162

  10. Publishing and Selling Your Apps

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 163-201

  11. Malware and Spyware

    • Sheran Gunasekera
    Pages 203-212

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 213-228
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About this book

Android Apps Security provides guiding principles for how to best design and develop Android apps with security in mind. It explores concepts that can be used to secure apps and how developers can use and incorporate these security features into their apps.

This book will provide developers with the information they need to design useful, high-performing, and secure apps that expose end-users to as little risk as possible. 

  • Overview of Android OS versions, features, architecture and security. 
  • Detailed examination of areas where attacks on applications can take place and what controls should be implemented to protect private user data
  • In-depth guide to data encryption, authentication techniques, enterprise security and applied real-world examples of these concepts

About the author

Sheran Gunasekera is a security researcher and software developer with more than 13 years of information security experience. He is director of research and development for ZenConsult Pte. Ltd., where he oversees security research in both the personal computer and mobile device platforms. Sheran has been very active in BlackBerry and Mobile Java security research and was the author of the whitepaper that revealed the inner workings of the first corporate-sanctioned malware application deployed to its subscribers by the UAE telecommunications operator Etisalat. He has spoken at many security conferences in the Middle East, Europe and Asia Pacific regions and also provides training on malware analysis for mobile devices and secure software development for both Web and mobile devices. He also writes articles and publishes research on his security-related blog, http://chirashi.zensay.com.

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