IT security and data protection firm, Sophos, announced the availability of a number of new and enhanced enterprise product lines that together offer complete protection anywhere and on any device.
The company’s new offering Sophos Mobile Control provides lightweight device protection on a broad range of popular mobile platforms, including Apple iPhones and iPads, Google Android, and Windows Mobile devices.
With continuous innovation and a steady increase in consumer smartphone and portable device adoption by today’s workforce, organizations are faced with an unprecedented challenge of allowing consumer devices not owned by the company to access company data.
Pat Patterson, Information Security Architect of Raymond James describes, “The explosion of Smartphone’s and tablets, and especially the applications for these mobile devices, has pushed the presence of our corporate data even further out of the corporate data center. The ability to protect our clients by maintaining security controls around this data is critical for businesses, especially financial services companies.”
IT administrators are looking for complete yet uncomplicated security and data protection that just works no matter where the user is or what device is being used. Sophos is focused on developing a broad range of advanced, comprehensive endpoint security and data protection solutions designed and optimized for today’s tech savvy, diverse, and nomadic workforce and rapidly evolving IT environments.
Sophos Mobile Control extends lightweight device protection to a broad range of popular mobile platforms, including Apple iPhones and iPads, Google Android, and Windows Mobile devices.
Arabella Hallawell, Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Sophos said, “IT organizations are facing unprecedented challenges securing their users, corporate data and infrastructure on consumer, mobile and cloud devices and platforms they do not own or control. It is incumbent upon security vendors to adapt and provide solutions that provide a full arsenal of protection against security threats and data loss, yet flexible and lightweight to protect users on any device, in any location.”
Matthias Pankert, head of data protection product management, Sophos said, “Today, iPads, smartphones, and laptops are everywhere and connected to the web at all times. Mobile technology has allowed today’s workforce to be far more productive but it has also opened up a new can of worms for IT teams as they must ensure that the data on those devices – especially the non-company-issues ones – are protected at all times no matter where the end user is. Sophos Mobile Control quickly and efficiently protects data on all iOS and Android mobile devices, giving those IT departments peace of mind that their end users’ devices are fully protected.”
Sam Ghelfi, Chief Information Security Officer of Raymond James Financial said”There are many vendors that provide protection from threats, however, Sophos has the ability to deliver quickly and change dynamically. This was a key differentiator, and a big reason why we chose Sophos.”