<p>Google chairman Eric Schmidt (c) on stage at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo with Gartner execs Drue Reeves, (r) and David Willis (l)(Photo: Gartner)Tags</p><p>Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Monday drew a bit of derisive laughter from a tech-savvy audience when he pronounced the Android platform more secure than Apple iOS at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla.</p><p>Schmidt sought to disabuse the notion -- widely espoused by some in the tech security community -- that Google Android is not secure at a time when it has come under heavy attack by the cyberunderground.</p><p>CyberTruth video: How an ordinary Android handset can be turned into a spyphone</p><p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/cybertruth/2013/10/08/eric-schmidt-declares-android-more-secure-than-ios/2947775/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/7/4814422/eric-schmidt-says-android-is-more-secure-than-iphone">Eric Schmidt calls Android &#039;more secure than the iPhone&#039;</a> (The Verge)</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/android-more-secure-than-iphone-says-eric-schmidt-2013-10">Eric Schmidt Said Android Is More Secure Than The iPhone, And People ...</a> (Business Insider)</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/10/08/google-eric-schmidt-android-iphone/">Google&#039;s Eric Schmidt: Android Is More Secure Than iPhone</a> (Mashable)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dnVwX6trL_ZCtbMr6uqg_XtWgmqTM&ned=us">84 additional articles.</a></p>