Kaspersky Secure Mobility Management

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2024: Add capabilities to fine-tune enterprise device functionality

Kaspersky Lab has updated Kaspersky Secure Mobility Management, a solution for remote life cycle management and security of corporate mobile devices. The product allows not only to control the mobile fleet of the enterprise, but also to reliably protect it from cyber threats. The developer announced this on April 2, 2024.

The solution has added features for fine-tuning the functionality of an enterprise device, including changing wireless settings, limiting calls, SMS, a set of applications, tracking a shift, or adding a new SIM card. A remote configuration of installed applications for Android and iOS platforms has become available.

The management of work profile functions has also been expanded in order to further separate corporate data and settings from personal ones. Among the added options are additional restrictions on the transfer of information from the work profile, password policies with set complexity criteria, issuing special permissions to applications of the work profile and their remote configuration, as well as the ability to block the corporate profile.

The product has a geofensing function: now you can not only track the location of devices, but also set the boundaries of their permitted functioning. This option will help, for example, ensure the safety of sensitive objects so that, if necessary, the ban on calls or the use of the camera is turned on.

Enriched with the ability to work with certificates - an option such as automatic statement, delivery and installation of security certificates when connecting to the management server has become available. Each certificate is generated personally for the user. The functionality works with both MS CA (Certification Authority) and domestic CAs.

It also became possible to automatically delete corporate data from the device if an employee left the company.

Mobile devices have become an integral part of business processes: with their help, employees conduct work communications and perform part of their tasks. This is convenient: unlike stationary computers, a smartphone is always at hand. This is especially true for industries in which some of the processes are carried out remotely - retail, transport, the financial sector, logistics, warehouse business, construction, medicine and pharmaceuticals, leasing. However, the use of mobile devices carries risks in the field of cybersecurity, for example, the loss of corporate data or the suspension of workflows as a result of anti-malware software. The situation is aggravated by the fact that some employees use personal devices for work, the security of which is more difficult. Especially close attention requires a business with a mobile fleet of more than 100 devices. To minimize risks, companies need to implement specialized controls. Our Kaspersky Secure Mobility Management solution allows you to effectively manage and protect enterprise mobile devices. At the same time, we are constantly expanding its functionality in order to respond to current business needs - both in terms of cybersecurity and convenience, "said Ivan Salikhov, senior product manager at Kaspersky Secure Mobility Management.