Mobile devices these days are often smaller, thinner, and lighter, but are able to deliver a plethora of content.

WebProNews spoke with Gal Salomon, CEO and Founder of security firm Discretix, about embedded security and security concerns that come along with an industry of smarter phones. WebProNews Please tell us a little bit about what mobile embedded security is.Gal Salomon The purpose of embedded security is to establish a trusted core within the device so that services providers and device manufacturers can deploy services while guaranteeing the proper operation of the device. Embedded security for a mobile device is comprised on a number of different components, integrated into the main processor subsystem, operating system and application layer of the device.