Some of the Threats for Your Mobile App Development

When it comes to mobile app development, the process is not without any blue. In fact, development of mobile apps gets plagued by a lot of issues and threats that need to be taken care of. Let us discuss some of the threats that plague the development of mobile application.

Security and Privacy Threats

One of the major issues that need to be taken care of is the issue of security or privacy. As an increasing number of people are getting more and more tech-savvy, they are growing the tendency of downloading an increasing number of third party business applications that offer a string of value added features like file sync, IM, VoIP and an array of highly advanced networking features. These people do not have any malicious intentions – all they are looking forward to, is some value added service through their handheld device.

However, what these people are doing is that, they are inadvertently putting themselves as well as the enterprises, which are coming up with these apps, at a huge risk. Their devices are getting exposed to malware as well as spyware to a great extent. These malware and spyware are all designed to steal sensitive data from people’s devices and carry our nefarious activities. Understandably, these apps not only put owners of mobile devices at risk, but also compromise sensitive as well as confidential data of the corporate world. To make matters even worse, a number of third party apps are being developed with poor coding and this makes them even more prone to fraudulent activities. Poorly scripted software of these apps results in exposure of sensitive data or metadata to despicable sources.

Network Threats

The issue of improper or weak network also has also been a major threat to successful development of mobile apps. These network level threats crop up when the employees use third party applications. While most of these enterprise networks are more or less safe or secured, there are certain networks which are not. This comes true, in case of the networks that employees of an organization use in their personal life outside the office premises.

Physical Threats

This is again another very common threat that plagues mobile app development. Recent studies have clearly indicated that about one third of mobile phone users have either lost their device or have had it stolen at least once. Hence, this thread is also kept in mind while developing mobile apps to make sure that even if a device lands up in anyone’s hand who is not authorized to use it, then the individual will not be able to get access to much of any sensitive data.

Abundance of platforms

One of the biggest issues that plague development of mobile apps is the presence of too many platforms or domains. Abundance of platforms means there will be an urge amongst the developers to come up with products in such a way that they cover as many platforms as possible from the very start. This is a wrong concept altogether and needs to be at best avoided. This is where the real challenge lies. They should instead look for the major areas of interest or necessity through a thorough market research and create the products accordingly so that they meet only those needs or interests instead of trying to do too many things at a time.

Too many features

Again, this is also a major concern for the mobile app developers. Just like developing too many platforms, indulging in too many features may also result in a negative impact in the market. Incorporating too many features will limit their use to a great extent and this will have a negative impact on the market as users will hardly be able to use the features extensively. Hence, it is better to concentrate on only certain value added features to make sure that the end users are able to fully and satisfactorily use them to meet their needs and requirements.

Creating a too much complex app

This is yet another threat that the world of mobile app development faces. The presence of too many features packed in a particular app makes it too much complex, thereby making it difficult for the users to navigate and operate. This contributes to the unpopularity of the app in a great way.

Marketing issues

Of late, there are a number of companies that are coming up with newly developed apps with a string of value added features. Hence, the developers need to come up with something that will make a difference in the crowd of so many apps that are coming up regularly. Hence, making a difference in the crowd of apps is surely one of the major issues. You can hire developers from top mobile app development companies in India who can help you build mobile apps.

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