Android platform uses the Linux user-based permissions model to isolate application resources. … The vulnerabilities exposed by an application cannot be exploited to gain access to the outer system. The secure communication between applications is ensured by the Linux user-based protection.

What is Android security?

Android Security: System-Level Security Features

It grants the operating system a user-based permissions model, process isolation, a secure mechanism for IPC, and the ability to remove any unnecessary or potentially insecure parts of the kernel.

What are the security features of Android?

Use the features described in this section to make the Android devices you develop as secure as possible.

• App sandbox. …
• App signing. …
• Authentication. …
• Biometrics. …
• Encryption. …
• Keystore. …
• Security-Enhanced Linux. …
• Trusty Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)