Security issues in mobile data networks

The rapid growth and development of mobile systems over the past years has exposed the capability and effective availability of mobile communication and thus paved the way for secure transmission and execution of data. The demand for such applications is currently experiencing a significant increase, and therefore, there is a strong call for advanced and efficient security mechanisms for mobile data network technologies. This paper deals with these mobile data security technologies and aims to exhibit their potential for integrity, availability and confidentiality. It provides a thorough analysis of the most important mobile packet data services and technologies, which can reveal the data in a secure manner. The article outlines its main technical characteristics, discusses its architectural aspects, based on security, and explains the access protocol and the services provided, in a secured way. This paper deals with security techniques for mobile data networks.