Symantec Announces Enterprise Mobility Enhancements

Symantec Corp. has announced enterprise mobile enhancements to help organisations improve operational efficiencies and better meet the challenges of the “Bring Your Own Device” trend. Key highlights of Symantec’s new capabilities to help CIOs, CISOs, IT managers and app developers secure mobile devices, applications and data include:

• Mobile Application Management

• Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Mobile

• Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center for Mobile

• Symantec Code Signing for Android

“The ‘Bring Your Own Device’ movement and unprecedented adoption of mobile devices and apps have organisations looking for help in effectively protecting and managing the native apps, data and environment of these devices,” said Chirantan “CJ” Desai, Senior Vice President, Endpoint and Mobility Group, Symantec. “By providing essential mobile security and management capabilities, like app management and data loss prevention, we are helping organisations take full advantage of this technological shift. Offering customers the most comprehensive portfolio for securing and managing mobile devices, apps and data, provides them with the tools needed to leverage mobility to improve their business’ IT operations.”

The app and data protection capabilities from Nukona are now available from Symantec in both SaaS and on-prem models. This approach helps enterprises seamlessly distribute, secure and control applications and data without requiring them to manage the complete devices. With the ability to natively protect and control iOS, Android and HTML5 apps, Symantec addresses the core problem of corporate and personal data separation without limiting the end-user experience or application adoption.

Formerly known as Symantec Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Tablets, Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Mobile will include added support for the iPhone. The solution will help CISOs monitor and control the transmission of confidential data from mobile devices without restricting users’ access to applications.

Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center (CIC) for Mobile, an extension of Symantec Certificate Intelligence Center, provides additional capabilities to solving the challenges of managing SSL certificates across large and complex networks. With CIC for Mobile, IT managers and stakeholders can easily monitor and manage their SSL certificate inventory anytime, anywhere. Detailed and real-time intelligence into SSL certificate usage on their network environment helps administrators maintain business continuity and strengthen network security. CIC for Mobile will be available on the iPad by the end of May 2012.

Now available to both individual developers and larger organisations, Symantec Code Signing for Android provides a tool for developers to digitally sign their .APK files for the Android platform. In addition to signing applications for the popular mobile platform, this cloud-based service allows developers to securely manage their certificate keys and store their signed applications, all from a single intuitive cloud-based console. Symantec Code Signing for Android also has the first ever dedicated Android Root certificate from a security vendor.