Get New Mobile Security Platform for Android, iPhones and iPads
Sophos has announced the availability of Sophos Mobile Control, the company's extension to its data protection and endpoint security product lines. A steady surge in smartphone adoption poses a new set of challenges for businesses as the workforce wants constant connectivity from their individual devices, going beyond what is company-issued. With this new offering, Sophos addresses a major pain-point for businesses by safeguarding data on a broad range of popular smartphone's and handheld devices, including Apple iPhones and iPads, Google Android, and Windows Mobile devices. Sophos Mobile Control provides comprehensive mobile device management, enabling the ability to simply and quickly secure, monitor, and control the configuration of these devices connecting to the corporate network, allowing similar levels of control and protection with company laptops and desktops.
Smartphone security is the leading concern among IT executives, according to recent Forrester research. Of those IT executives polled, 75 per cent said that they were either concerned or very concerned about the security risks associated with the adoption of these devices and up to 40% allow or support Windows Mobile, the iPhones, and Pads. Further, approximately 150 million people in the US will be using smartphone's by the middle of this year to perform social and personal functions, according to the Nielsen Company. And new mobile operating systems are being accepted at a rapid rate. For example, IDC expects Android's Smartphone market share to increase from 16.3% to 24.6% between 2010 and 2014.
Matthias Pankert, Head of Data Protection Product Management, Sophos, said, "The definition of a company endpoint is shifting rapidly and security solutions must quickly adapt to provide companies and users the protection they need without causing undue burden on IT staff and users. The introduction of the Sophos Mobile Control is the foundation for providing device and data protection and security controls in the context they need it."
Pat Patterson, Information Security Architect, Raymond James - Customer, said, "The explosion of Smartphone's and tablets, and especially the applications for these mobile devices, has pushed the presence of our corporate data even further out of the corporate data center. The ability to protect our clients by maintaining security controls around this data is critical for businesses, especially financial services companies. We have to know what devices have our data and have the ability to encrypt them, lock them, and wipe them if they are lost or stolen. Having a robust mobile management platform is a prerequisite to taking advantage of all the opportunities that these new devices offer."
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