Future smartphones will come preloaded with antivirus software clients to prevent the loss of data and services to malware. And mobile banking and person-to-person payments will be authenticated by fingerprint sensors on the handset.

“Although malware has been seen in mobile handsets, in the past it has not done much damage,” says ABI Research vice president Stan Schatt.

“But smartphones have access to more sensitive data every year, and security must be tightened to prevent the theft or loss of important business information.”The solution: security client software loaded on a mobile terminal, and a service to remotely lock a handset, erase its data, or locate it.

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