Extend your security policies to mobile devices

In the rapid changing environments of today organizations need to balance between new technologies adoption for business efficiency and risk mitigation. IT consumerization, workforce mobility or BYOD initiatives are only a few examples of IT trends that expand the attack surface and increase the risk of potential damages.

While more and more corporate data is accessed remotely from smartphones and tablets, the security and control of these devices became a real concern and a growing challenge for IT administrators.

Bitdefender Security for Mobile Devices introduces a holistic mobile security approach that helps organizations maintain compliance while minimizing IT intervention and effort. Tightly integrated into GravityZone Control Center, it is not “yet another solution” that adds to the workload of administrators. From the same management platform used for controlling security across virtualized and physical endpoints, you can start enforcing security policies to mobile devices in no time, without any additional infrastructure required.

The mobile security services inherit all the benefits of the unique architecture of Bitdefender GravityZone. It’s providing administrators with the tools to extend security policies with ease to any number of iOS and Android devices, protecting them against unauthorized usage, risk-ware, and loss of confidential data.

One unified security solution for virtualized, physical and mobile endpoints

Organizations need to enforce and control security policies on mobile devices in order to prevent damages, privacy breaches, and data loss.

When it comes to corporate data, administrators should keep a firm grip on the security posture, while offering full flexibility for users to access data at any time from any device.

Mobile Security without administration overhead: Combining straightforward administrative toolkits with industry-proven mobile security, Bitdefender Security for Mobile Devices provides you the tools to extend security policies with ease to any number of iOS and Android devices.

Full visibility and control: Integration with Active Directory brings considerable benefits from a management standpoint, helping to reduce administration time and workload associated with the enrollment and assignment of mobile devices to GravityZone. Mobile client application deployment is simplified with installation kits and updates delivered via Apple and Android app stores. Furthermore, device enrollment is achieved quickly by scanning a QR code or entering a short code received by email.

Simplified management: Centralizing the security and control services for all company’s or user-owned mobile devices (BYOD), helps you to automate much of the workload by defining security profiles and applying group-policies with actions to be taken with non-compliant devices. For example, Bitdefender detects rooted or jailbroken devices and blocks their access to company resources, adding an essential layer of security to prevent data exposure, especially in the cases of lost or stolen devices.

Security policies enforcement is made extremely easy with ready-to-use features like screen lock, authentication control, device location, and remote lock / unlock/ wipe. On Android devices, the security level is enhanced with real-time scanning and removable media encryption. Remote configuration through profiles of all access-points for mobile devices, simplifies the management of Wi-Fi and VPN settings across the enterprise.

On-demand antimalware scanning is included for Android devices to ensure that these devices are free from any malicious code. Furthermore, the scanning is triggered automatically whenever a removable storage has been inserted or each time a new application is being installed. It detects malware code for Android, Windows, or other platforms to prevent mobile users from distributing infected files inside or outside of the organization.

All Bitdefender GravityZone security services are powered by Control Center infrastructure. To activate the security services for mobile devices you just need to enter a valid license key.

If Security for Mobile Devices is the first GravityZone service in your environment, than you need to deploy the management platform. Requirements for GravityZone Control Center can be found here.

Supported Platforms

Security for Mobile Devices supports the following types of mobile devices and operating systems:

• Apple iPhones and iPad tablets (iOS 5.1+)
• Google Android smartphones and tablets (2.2+)