Security specialist Webroot has launched SecureAnywhere Business Mobile Protection, designed to provide smartphone protection for small and midsize businesses (SMBs).
SecureAnywhere Business Mobile Protection is an endpoint security solution for Android and iOS devices that uses a Web-based administration console to secure mobile devices and PCs within a corporate environment.
The platform provides a view into an organisation’s desktop computers protected by Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection within the same view.
Webroot provides anti-malware detection powered by the company’s Intelligence Network, which scans all applications, files and Secure Digital (SD) cards in addition to providing multi-layered, real-time protection to alert users of potential threats and unsecured device settings. Lost-device protection capabilities also provide administrators with the ability to lock or unlock, wipe, locate and trigger a “scream” to help users find, recover or immobilise a lost device. The company is offering a 30-day free-trial promotion as well.
Other features include secure Web browsing by automatically blocking malicious or phishing Websites a user tries to access from their mobile device and call and Short Message Service (SMS) blocking that blocks unwanted calls or SMS communications in addition to blocking SMS texts that contain malicious URLs. Rounding out the platform is an application inspector that scans apps and notifies the user of those that access sensitive data they shouldn’t, track device location, send email or SMS texts, drain the battery or cost money.
The platform requires no servers or on-premise infrastructure and is infinitely scalable. Businesses also gain access to free software upgrades, and the lightweight client is designed to minimise battery, bandwidth and memory consumption.
SecureAnywhere also provides a view of battery status and power usage by each application, monitors applications that are accessing the network and offers integrated Open Webroot technical support.
As more businesses with limited IT budgets turn to bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs to boost employee productivity and mobility, endpoint security is becoming a rising concern.
A September report from telecom and IT services provider Grudi Associates found that while there are several clear benefits to BYOD programs, including increased worker productivity – as workers who use their own devices tend to work more hours and more productively – security is a major downside risk to BYOD initiatives. About 1.3 million cellular phones are stolen each year and more than half of stolen laptops result in data breaches, the report stated.
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Originally published on eWeek.
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