The oldest debate in mobile tech is the blue bubble versus the green bubble, and for over a decade IT leaders have argued which is actually safer for the enterprise? The walled garden of iOS or the flexibility of Android? Let's take a look at the case for iOS. Apple has a great reputation. Their closed ecosystem, strict app store vetting, and hardware level encryption make it a fortress. It's clean, consistent, and generally secure. But it's not invincible. Devices can be jailbroken, updates can be delayed, and fundamentally, if you lose that iPhone, the data is still physically sitting on the disk.
Now the case for Android. It's flexible and open, but that openness is a double edged sword. The biggest risk here is fragmentation. With thousands of manufacturers and OS versions, patching is inconsistent. A budget Android phone might not get a security update for months, leaving holes for malware to slide in. So who wins? The answer is neither. Because both iOS and Android share the same fatal flaw. They both store enterprise data locally. If a phone is compromised, lost, or stolen, it doesn't matter which logo is on the back. If the data is on the device, then the data is at risk. This is why Hypori takes an OS agnostic approach. With VMI, we don't rely on the device's security. We remove the device from the equation. Whether your user has the latest iPhone fifteen or a budget Android from three years ago, the security posture is exactly the same.
Let's look at the scoreboard. Data stored locally? IOS? Yes. Android? Yes. Hypori? No. Malware risk? IOS? Low. Android? Moderate. Hypori? None. Because the workspace lives in the cloud, we can deliver consistent compliance control across your entire fleet regardless of what phone the employee keeps in their pocket.
Next up, we're going to bust the biggest myth in mobile security, why agents don't actually keep you safe.
