14 DAY TRIAL // Symantec has announced that it will be providing PC-level security and data protection for Windows Mobile-powered handsets by releasing the Mobile Security Suite 5.0. Symantec's new product will combine security and loss mitigation technologies in order to protect sensitive data and improve company compliance.
The solution will offer customers the same security and data protection capabilities on their smartphones and PDAs running Windows Mobile as do laptops and PCs nowadays. It will include antivirus, firewall, anti-SMS spam as well as data encryption technologies. Symantec's Mobile Security Suite 5.0 will also enable companies to comply with internal security policies and external regulations in an easier and more cost-effective way.
"The global workforce is becoming increasingly mobile - using a wide range of mobile devices to access personal applications and corporate data over insecure public WiFi and home networks," said Sandra Palumbo, senior analyst at the Yankee Group. "The IT departments tasked with managing and protecting these devices are having a tough time wading through the wide spectrum of individual security products to determine what is needed and what is not. The vendor that can unify these technologies, ensure they interoperate and provide a high level of support and manageability will likely find a significant market with corporate IT buyers."
The solution includes: an Antivirus that immediately detects mobile threats and prevents users from accessing an infected file; Firewall that controls both inbound and outbound network traffic on the handset; Anti-SMS Spam, automatically filtering and deleting received spam messages, or placing them into a spam folder; Loss mitigation technologies that encrypts data on the device or memory card in case it gets lost or stolen; Phone feature control that allows administrators to enable and disable certain device features like Bluetooth, WiFi or device synching; Tamper Protection that verifies the device's images and security applications have not been altered prior to allowing network access and more.