McAfee has shared its vision for securing mobile devices in corporate environments. The three-pronged approach for protecting mobile devices, mobile data, and mobile applications, is designed to help businesses and consumers manage their devices securely, as the threat environment quickly evolves. 

Attacks on smartphones are becoming more common, and according to McAfee Labs, new malware targeting Android devices jumped 76 percent in the last quarter. The need to secure mobile devices from attacks has never been more important.

Traditional endpoints relied mostly on email and web for application framework. Mobile has a whole new freedom in custom applications. But each new application – either public or private – introduces new threats and risks to corporate IT.

McAfee is unique in being able to bring mobile devices into the security infrastructure. With a broad portfolio of security technologies including anti-malware, data loss prevention, application security, web protection, and more, McAfee has the technology needed to securely welcome these new endpoints. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator security management software, which covers more than 30 million endpoints today, and McAfee Global Threat Intelligence, support and work across these integrations. 

McAfee’s Three-Pronged Approach to Mobile Security

·         Protecting Mobile Devices

§  McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management (McAfee EMM) software brings the same level of security and control to mobile devices — including employee-owned smartphones and tablets — that IT applies to laptops and desktops.

§  Anti-malware protection from the growing number of threats targeted at mobile devices through McAfee VirusScan Mobile software.

§  Web protection that alerts mobile devices users when they are accessing malicious sites, such as phishing sites is offered through McAfee SiteAdvisor technology.

·         Protecting Mobile Data -- Protecting sensitive corporate data is a requirement. McAfee can ensure that only those devices with encryption access the corporate network and data.  McAfee offers:

§  Data protection when using the McAfee EMM product, including the prevention of data leakage from Jailbroken and Rooted devices.

§  Anti-theft and loss features allow for remote backup, lock and wipe to make sure that sensitive data does not get into the wrong hands.

§  Additional data protection technologies are under development including the separation of business and personal data.

·         Protecting Mobile Apps – Beyond traditional email and web, mobile apps are readily available and proliferating by the millions. McAfee sees this as potentially the biggest threat vector of the future.

§  McAfee has released in beta McAfee App Alert software to inform users how apps access their personal data.

§  McAfee is expanding the scope of its Global Threat Intelligence to include mobile app reputation services to identify apps that are malicious or put privacy at risk.

§  McAfee also has app-scanning technologies that have been successfully deployed in app stores, adding a crucial layer of application security that helps vendors provide customers a safe app experience.