14 DAY TRIAL // Sophos announced the availability of Sophos Mobile Security, a mobile application aimed at protecting organizations against the growing number of malware. Sophos Mobile Security provides real-time protection for devices running Windows Mobile 5.0 against mobile viruses and spyware threats and enables IT administrators to implement and lock down security policies for PDAs and smartphones.
Sophos Mobile Security protects devices against malware infection via MMS, SMS, e-mail, instant messaging, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, ensuring business communications are kept secure. Easy to install and configure, it offers on-access, on-demand or scheduled scanning and detects and quarantines any mobile viruses or spyware with minimal impact on device performance. Central policies can be created and deployed to ensure consistent company-wide security.
Sophos Mobile Security is powered by Sophos Behavioural Genotype Protection technology, which proactively blocks new and unknown mobile threats before they execute. Network administrators are alerted with real-time notification of malware incidents, ensuring threat activity is monitored and neutralised, reducing the impact on employee productivity.
"There is no doubt that the use of smartphones and PDAs is on the rise, letting employees access the Internet from virtually anywhere with just a click of a button," said John Stringer, product manager at Sophos. "Unprotected mobiles can be a route for hackers into a seemingly well-defended network. Although the number of mobile threats is small compared to more commonly encountered Windows-specific malware, administrators are looking to defend all the points of entry into their organization."
Sophos Mobile Security supports Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Edition and Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition. This version will also protect devices using Windows Mobile 6.0 which Microsoft plans to launch later in 2007. A 30 days trial version of the application can be downloaded here.