Cloudmark® joins GSMA to Promote Industry Awareness and Action Against Increasing Mobile Threats
Messaging Security Leader Becomes Associate Member of Worldwide Mobile Communications Organization
San Francisco – June 8, 2009 – Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, today announced that it has joined the GSM Association (GSMA), the body that represents the worldwide mobile communications industry. GSMA spans 219 countries and its membership is comprised of 750 of the world's mobile operators, as well as 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem. Through its membership status, Cloudmark will contribute its expertise to help shape messaging security strategy for the mobile industry.
"As mobile spam and malware continue to rise rapidly around the world, the industry needs to work together to implement the necessary measures to combat these threats," said Hugh McCartney, Chief Executive Officer of Cloudmark. "The GSMA provides a collaborative and influential industry body that drives progress in the mobile industry, and Cloudmark is proud to have joined its membership. We look forward to contributing our messaging security knowledge to help shape the industry agenda and more importantly, create a safer mobile phone environment for users worldwide. As a seasoned messaging security provider across a wide range of industries, Cloudmark understands what will become critical in the protection against mobile messaging threats and abuse."
"As a provider of carrier-grade security solutions, Cloudmark lends a unique perspective on the necessary steps the industry must take to safeguard mobile messaging," said Michael O'Hara, chief marketing officer of the GSMA. "The GSMA continues to explore measures for protecting mobile carriers and their customers from increasing abuse and threats, and we look forward to working with Cloudmark in this important endeavor."
Messaging security poses a growing challenge to the mobile industry as operators seek to provide rich content, applications and services to their subscribers. Factors such as the continued expansion of mobile messaging, reductions in message delivery costs, inherent network vulnerabilities and new mobile marketing initiatives have converged to create a perfect storm for attackers. Meanwhile, accessibility and financial gain for mobile spammers continues to increase due to the introduction of unlimited messaging plans, the proliferation of open networks, smarter devices and the rise of mobile applications. Cloudmark conducts continuous technology research and provides carrier-grade mobile messaging security solutions to protect operators and subscribers from the costs and nuisance of mobile messaging abuse.
About Cloudmark
Cloudmark protects 2 billion global subscribers daily from an explosion in messaging abuses across more operator networks than anyone else. Only Cloudmark defends the world’s largest Mobile, Fixed and Social Media Providers, including AT&T, Comcast, MySpace, NTT, Swisscom and Time Warner Cable, with scalable and accurate protection against the widest range of existing and emerging messaging threats.