Symantec brings forth mobile security plans

LAS VEGAS, USA: Symantec Corp. announced enterprise mobile enhancements to help organizations meet the challenges of the "Bring Your Own Device" trend.

Key highlights of Symantec's new capabilities 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 organizations 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 organizations 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."

With the acquisition of Nukona, Symantec now offers the cross-platform mobile application management needed to containerize corporate applications and protect sensitive data. The app and data protection capabilities from Nukona are now available from Symantec in both SaaS and on-prem models.

With this one can natively protect and control iOS, Android and HTML5 apps.

Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Mobile 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 for Mobile 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.

CIC for Mobile will be available on the iPad by the end of May 2012.

Symantec Code Signing for Android, now available to both individual developers and larger organizations, 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 dedicated Android Root certificate from a security vendor.

In addition to the new mobile enhancements, Symantec announced it has joined the Microsoft System Center Alliance (SCA), a partner ecosystem that helps facilitate integrated solutions. As a part of SCA, Symantec will work with Microsoft to develop and promote its offerings, including Symantec Mobile Management, that support the full System Center product family.