TY - GEN
T1 - Securing mobile applications in hostile rural environments
AU - De Bruin, Rossouw
AU - Von Solms, S. H.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In rural Africa, where land-based Internet connectivity is a huge problem due to a lack of infrastructure, wireless Internet connectivity and the adoption of mobile devices are a huge success. However, when it comes to mobile payments, Africa still has a long way to go. The biggest concerns with mobile payment applications are a lack of readily available banks, vendors and other shops that can accept mobile payments, the hostile environment in which mobile devices are being used and the lack of proper electricity provisioning. However, in this paper, we will discuss a mobile payment application that can be used no matter how hostile the physical and logical environments are, where the user can rest assured that their financial transactions are kept secure and confidential.
AB - In rural Africa, where land-based Internet connectivity is a huge problem due to a lack of infrastructure, wireless Internet connectivity and the adoption of mobile devices are a huge success. However, when it comes to mobile payments, Africa still has a long way to go. The biggest concerns with mobile payment applications are a lack of readily available banks, vendors and other shops that can accept mobile payments, the hostile environment in which mobile devices are being used and the lack of proper electricity provisioning. However, in this paper, we will discuss a mobile payment application that can be used no matter how hostile the physical and logical environments are, where the user can rest assured that their financial transactions are kept secure and confidential.
KW - Mobile Devices
KW - Mobile Payment Applications
KW - Mobile Payments
KW - Multi-factor authentication
KW - Near Field Communication
KW - Security
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906773368&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880607
DO - 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2014.6880607
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84906773368
SN - 9781905824441
T3 - 2014 IST-Africa Conference and Exhibition, IST-Africa 2014
BT - 2014 IST-Africa Conference and Exhibition, IST-Africa 2014
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2014 IST-Africa Conference and Exhibition, IST-Africa 2014
Y2 - 6 May 2014 through 9 May 2014
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