Symantec mobile security and management strategy products

Symantec has announced its mobile security and management strategy, including three products to help organisations secure and manage data on the rising number of mobile devices in the enterprise.

The strategy focuses on the effective integration of its mobile security and management solutions to help users reduce downtime, increase user productivity, improve response time and provide protection and management throughout the mobile device life cycle - from provisioning and management to security and eventual device retirement.

The strategy follows a life cycle model, provides integration and aligns with the Symantec range. The company has three products to help customers mitigate risk, manage complexity, control costs, automate processes and address compliance concerns with efficiency and cost savings:

Endpoint Protection Mobile Edition 6.0 provides protection for mobile devices against malicious threats and unauthorised access to sensitive corporate information by utilising antivirus technology, an advanced firewall and SMS anti-spam protection. It provides protection of the data on the mobile devices and compliance with internal and external security requirements.

Network Access Control Mobile Edition 6.0 works with Endpoint Protection Mobile Edition to enforce compliancy with security policies to ensure only secure, policy-compliant devices can access the network and email on Microsoft Exchange. It provides client-based integrity checking and centralised alerting of device integrity status. Assessment of host integrity status for mobile devices helps organisations ensure that they are able to consistently enforce IT policy. Centralised logging, reporting and alerting further enables organisations to proactively monitor the status of managed devices.

Mobile Management 7.0 increases IT efficiency with over-the-air deployment of applications and updates, improves end-user productivity by managing mobile device health and integrates with Symantec mobile security products to manage and secure mobile devices throughout their life cycle. It provides remote assistance capabilities, real-time system management, granular software delivery and self-repair and visibility into the mobile environment.

Symantec’s mobile security and management solutions are built on the Symantec Management Platform, which provides unified enterprise-class management of desktops, laptops, servers and mobile devices and product integration to enable unified security and management of mobile devices from a single management console. Integration with Symantec LiveUpdate provides timely updates of content.