The rapidly growing bring-your-own-device (BYOD) market and 4G...

The rapidly growing bring-your-own-device (BYOD) market and 4G network present an IT security threat, said Martin Nuss, chief technology officer at integrated circuits company Vitesse Semiconductor, in a company news release Friday (http://bit.ly/1m0nUJX). Nuss spoke at CTIA Super Mobility Week: “While mobile networks are inherently more secure than WiFi hotspots, the emergence of small cell base stations required for LTE and LTE-A capacity improvements poses a new security risk. Consequently, the small cells themselves need to be authenticated on the service provider network and traffic encrypted back to the service provider, including over the third-party access provider network.” If industry doesn’t focus on the issue, 4G networks won’t continue to flourish, he said.