Mobile Apps: Authentication?

[Martin Manjak <mm376 () ALBANY EDU>]

As the great mobile migration accelerates, I wonder if anyone has
deployed an app that has an authentication component.

I know certain schools have developed (or bought?) custom apps for their
campuses that provide maps, dining hall menus, etc.

I writing to the list to see if anyone has developed/deployed/purchased
a mobile app that integrates into a CMS, for example. Or any IT service
that requires authentication.

I realize that people can use the mobile phone browser to submit
credentials via the traditional portal or web-based authentication
methods. I don't think the security issues in those cases are any
different from using a laptop.

But it would be interesting to see if anyone has written a native app
for a mobile platform that addresses the authentication process.

Marty

-- 
Martin Manjak
Information Security Officer
University at Albany
CISSP, GSEC, GCWN

"What information consumes...is the attention of its recipients."
Herbert Simon, 1971