Given the dependence on mobile devices these days, it's no surprise that hackers view smart phones as an easy target. What makes them even easier to compromise is that there are very few applications or services for protecting these devices, despite the fact that they can contain sensitive company as well as financial information, and can also act as a pathway into corporate networks.

Responding to the fact that, according to IDC, there are more than 10 billion non-PC devices connected to the Internet today - and a predicted 20 billion by 2014 - Symantec is planning to extend its popular Norton suite of security products to smart phones.