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Quantifying Measurable Security

2019年5月8日

Posted by Eugene Liderman, Android Security & Privacy Team

Google I/O

Heavily relying on hardware based security for things like rollback prevention and verified boot

Continued investment in anti-exploitation techniques so that a bug or vulnerability does not become exploitable

Implementing two copies of the OS in order to support seamless updates that run in the background and notify the user when the device is ready to boot the new version

Splitting up feature and security updates and providing a frequent cadence of security updates

Providing built-in anti-malware and anti-phishing solutions through Google Play Protect and Google Safe Browsing

Gartner’s May 2019 Mobile OSs and Device Security: A Comparison of Platforms

Android 9 (Pie) scored “strong” in 26 out of 30 categories

Pixel 3 with Titan M received “strong” ratings in 27 of the 30 categories, and had the most “strong” ratings in the built-in security section out of all devices evaluated (15 out of 17)

Chrome OS was added in this year's report and received strong ratings in 27 of the 30 categories.

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