Peter Hewett is CEO of Quixxi Security. He has over 20 years of IT sector experience, the majority focused on cybersecurity.
At Quixxi Security his focus is lasered on eliminating abuse and hijack of mobile apps.
Peter’s always willing to offer his perspectives and experience, in return for gaining a better understanding from across the cybersecurity sector.
Protecting your software in the App store duopoly
There’s a certain degree of trust we place on Apple and Google. Whenever users download an app from one of those stores, it comes with the expectation that there will be a certain quality level that ensures malicious or poorly written software doesn’t make it onto our mobile devices. But it is possible to bypass…
Are you ready for digital Identity?
A friend was recently burgled and had a bunch of documents stolen by the thieves who were as interested in identity theft as selling an old tablet and gaming console at the local pub. One of the documents that was stolen was a passport. And that led my friend into a complex journey of proving…
Quixxi Security awarded ‘Best Enterprise Product or Service’ at IAMAI 9th India Digital Awards
India, January 23, 2019. Quixxi, the leading end-to-end mobile app solution for security and analytics has been awarded “Best enterprise product or service” in the prestigious IAMAI’s 9th India Digital Awards. The winners were announced on 21st January 2019 at the flagship annual event of IAMAI – India Digital Summit, one of the largest annual gatherings of the…
Why adopting security measures is imperative for all the enterprises developing Mobile Apps
Why adopting security measures is now an imperative and not a choice for all the enterprises developing Mobile Apps Apple’s App Store distributes over two million apps. Google’s Play Store has a stash over almost four million apps. And while the majority of developers have good intentions there are some who, either intentionally or accidentally,…
Why mobile app security matters in the age of IoT
Why mobile app security matters in the age of IoT Fifty billion. Think about that number. It’s seven times bigger than the planet’s entire population at the moment. That’s how many devices will be connected to the internet by the time you’ve had another five birthdays. Clearly, the vast majority of those devices won’t be…
DevOps security hurdles can be overcome with the right tools
DevOps security hurdles can be overcome with the right tools The merging of infrastructure deployment and application development, or DevOps, is in full swing. The days of a software developer creating an application in isolation of the operations team and then deploying it on hardware they procured and managed are coming to an end. Consequently,…
How Android malware sneaks past Google Play Protect
How Android Malware sneaks past the Google Play Protect Hackers have distributed malware to hundreds of thousands of Android users by hiding it inside a series of apparently harmless apps. They are accomplishing this by using a technique called Dropper. A dropper is a program/script, that has been designed to “install” a type of malware…