ForeScout and SAP join hands, secure enterprise mobility

CAMPBELL, USA: ForeScout Technologies, Inc. has announced interoperability between ForeScout CounterACT network security and SAP Afaria mobile device management (MDM) platforms. The combination enables companies to accelerate and fortify the provisioning, administration and security of corporate and personal mobile devices, applications and data in the enterprise.

"Organisations are looking for an integrated approach to manage and secure the invasion of employee-liable devices connecting to corporate networks, particularly at a time when BYOD is so prevalent," said Chris Hazelton, research director for mobile and wireless at 451 Research.

"We see strong synergy between network access control (NAC) and MDM in their capabilities to provide visibility into devices regardless of ownership - corporate or personal. The pairing of NAC with MDM technologies offers organisations the means to easily identify who and what type of device is connecting to the enterprise, to automatically enrol and monitor roles-based controls for any device and user and to secure the growing movement of corporate data across smartphones and tablets," added he.

Together, ForeScout CounterACT and SAP Afaria offer enterprises the means to see and detect all unmanaged, corporate and personal mobile devices, such as iPads, iPhones and Androids and other devices attempting to connect to the corporate network via Wi-Fi or over-the-air.

It also helps them to readily apply security policy based on user, role and device in order to automatically limit access, manage as guest or enrol in SAP Afaria MDM.

This combination provides unified visibility and reporting for all mobile endpoint devices including PCs, smartphones, tablets and laptops through the ForeScout CounterACT platform as well.

The integration between ForeScout CounterACT and SAP Afaria MDM is provided via the ForeScout MDM Integration Module, which is an add-on to ForeScout CounterACT. ForeScout CounterACT is a real-time security solution that delivers complete visibility and automated control for all devices, users, systems and applications attempting to connect to or on an enterprise network - wired or wireless, managed or unmanaged, PC, VM, embedded or mobile.