The new badge is starting to roll out to VPN apps on the Google Play Store that have completed an independent security audit.
To entice software developers to take cybersecurity seriously, Google is starting to highlight which Android apps have gone through an independent security audit.
On the Google Play Store, the company has started to place a new “Independent security review” badge on VPN apps, which have already undergone the audit. The certification can be found in the « Data safety » section of apps that qualify.
Receiving a badge means the app has been tested against a baseline of security criteria that Google helped develop with other cybersecurity partners. “This signals to users that an independent third-party has validated that the developers designed their apps to meet these industry mobile security and privacy minimum best practices and the developers are going the extra mile to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities,” the company added in a blog post on Thursday.
