Mobile security threats are becoming more of a concern as more corporate data is transmitted or even stored on smartphones and the cyber-criminals of the world are looking to take advantage of that. According to an ABI Research report, the mobile security market will exceed $4 billion by 2014. With growing concerns over lost or stolen phones that may contain sensitive corporate data, the number of smartphones protected by mobile security solutions will increase by five times, the report stated. Even though concerns are rising, there still isn’t much caution. The latest news is a virus that affects smartphones has infected more than 1 million smartphones in China since September. The virus is equipped with fake anti-virus software that users have downloaded and activated, becoming its unknowing victims. “The bad guys are out there, and it’s a huge industry of fraud, identity threat and viruses. It’s predominantly organized crime now and not individuals, so there’s a revenue model attached to it and there’s a lot of money to be made in it,” said Michelle Warren, president of MW Research and Consulting. She warned that this is just the beginning of the cyber-crime industry as it relates to smartphones. Enterprises need to think ahead and start protecting their data yesterday. Here are several vendors that can help you protect your and your customers’ mobile data.
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McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management McAfee is one of the biggest players in the security market, and its Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) helps enterprises lock down smartphones and other mobile devices. Its complexity truly makes it an enterprise solution, as it includes several different integrated elements that manage mobile security.
Symantec Norton Smartphone Security Symantec is another of the biggest security players in the market. Its Norton Smartphone Security for Symbian and Windows Mobile is a downloadable application that can be installed on smartphones running Symbian or Windows Mobile. It protects against data theft, spam and other mobile threats.
Kaspersky Mobile SecurityKaspersky Lab’s Mobile Security comes in a standard and enterprise edition. The standard edition is an application that installs on the smartphone (either Symbian or Windows Mobile), making it easy to get basic protection from mobile malware. The enterprise edition is installed by an admin from a single point, and then individual installation happens via SMS or syncing on a PC using Microsoft ActiveSync or Nokia PC Suite.
Bak2u Bak2u’s security applications install on mobile devices that run BlackBerry, Symbian, Android, Sony Ericsson and iPhone and iTouch OSes. Its BlackBerry features are the most robust, but the company supports multiple OSes. The security features are made available as applications you download and install onto your smartphone.
Cisco Systems AnyConnect Secure Mobility Solution Cisco’s AnyConnect Secure Mobility Solution in an integrated enterprise mobility security solution designed to provide highly secure mobile connectivity, security policy enforcement and firewall features. It’s a complex solution that ties the AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, the Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance and the Cisco ASA Series of appliances together.
BullGuard Mobile Antivirus Bullguard Mobile Antivirus installs directly on Windows Mobile and Symbian smartphones to provide anti-virus for SMS and MMS traffic, email, downloadable software and Bluetooth wireless connections.
Sybase Afaria As an enterprise mobile security management solution, Sybase Afaria provides a single administrative console to centrally manage the security of mobile devices. There are more than a dozen components to Afaria, making it a complex solution for the enterprise, but it does offer the ability to take full control over all enterprise mobile devices.
Juniper Networks Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite Using its Junos operating system, Juniper Networks provides security and management capabilities for smartphones, including anti-virus, personal firewall, anti-spam, and loss and theft prevention. The remote device management tools gives admins the enterprise features they need to lock down and remotely wipe devices when needed.
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