NEMESYS: First year project experience in Telecom Italia Information Technology

Abstract

In 2011, when mobile malware quadrupled in volume, it became clear that malware for mobile platforms would experience a rapid increase. During 2012 it continued to grow steadily, closely following the spreading of smartphones all over the world. For mobile network operators it is also clear that this growing phenomenon must be at least constantly monitored, if not prevented altogether. At the present moment there are no effective tools to achieve this purpose. NEMESYS comes to fill in this vacuum. This paper presents the vision, position and activities of Telecom Italia Information Technology as part of the NEMESYS project. The emphasis is given to the perception and practical experience of mobile threats and mobile security in Telecom Italia Mobile Network, and on the advances in the art that our company is hoping to achieve from its active participation to the project. © 2013 Springer International Publishing.