Android security architecture (by Nikolay Elenkov)

Talk on "Android security architecture" by Nikolay Elenkov at the Android Security Symposium in Vienna, Austria, 9-11 September 2015 https://usmile.at/symposium/program/2015/elenkov *** Abstract *** This talk will give an overview of Android's security architecture from the bottom up, and present the major Android subsystems and components that relate to device and data security. The talk will cover broader topics that affect all applications, such as package and user management, permissions and device policy, and will also touch on more specific ones such as cryptographic providers, PKI, and credential storage. Some of the changes introduced in the upcoming Android M release will also be explored. *** Android Security Symposium *** The Android Security Symposium was funded by the Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft (CDG) from funds of the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) and the Nationalstiftung für Forschung, Technologie und Entwicklung. The symposium was organized by the Josef Ressel Center u'smile at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in Hagenberg in cooperation with SBA Research and the Institute of Networks and Security (INS) at Johannes Kepler University Linz. This video is provided by the Josef Ressel Center for User-friedly Secure Mobile Environments (u'smile), a research group at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Copyright (c) FH OÖ Forschungs & Entwicklungs GmbH • All rights reserved. • https://usmile.at/impressum