ForeScoutMobile

ForeScout Technologies, the developer in the field of access control and the system provider of security for the state enterprises and Fortune companies 1000, provided in March, 2012 the new development – ForeScout Mobile, the plug-in set of modules which will provide management and security of mobile devices based on Android, Windows and iOS. Using ForeScout Mobile together with ForeScout CounterACT, the solution NAC, security experts will receive unprecedented transparency and the unified control over all devices in corporate network of the uniform centralized management console.

According to IDC, more than 40.7% of devices which employees use for access to corporate data and applications are not corporate. In many companies the number of personal devices exceeds 50%. And results of the recent report of analysts of BostonResearch Group show that bolee78 the % of the polled information security specialists in the USA consider that strict control of access to corporate network from mobile devices should be the main measure for fight against mobile threats. Among potential risks respondents consider the most serious possible leaks / thefts of corporate data, infections with the malware, abuses and not authorized access.

"Our clients even more often address us with the tasks connected with mobile security, their requests begin with the elementary – "control access for certain users and/or devices to corporate network" and reach setup of complex BYOD the politician and system deployments of the centralized control of all corporate and personal mobile devices", – Judith Buckardt, the president and the chief executive officer of Konsultek comments. – "ForeScout Mobile is very flexible solution which allows to configure special politicians for corporate and personal devices, supports the BYOD and MDM functions. An opportunity to manage computers of users, servers and mobile devices from the single integrated console – one more argument pro for administrators of security systems".

Clients want to have the same opportunities for management, monitoring, assessment and deployment for mobile devices which they got used to use for desktop PCs and notebooks, at the same time all functions should be concentrated in a uniform control panel. ForeScout Mobile in the best way corresponds to an assigned task, offering the unified approach for NAC, BYOD and MDM, and doing mobile device management by a part of general strategy of security.

NAC the solution ForeScout CounterACT defines mobile devices and provides forced registration of new and unknown users and also automatically applies politicians of access to corporate resources and politicians of connection to wireless access points. One device is responsible for all these transactions, at the same time installation of agents on endpoints is not required.

• · The module ForeScout Mobile Security provides extensive information on the device, its user, a configuration, applications and the security level. On the basis of data retrieveds the administrator of CounterACT can configure granulated policy of access to corporate network and separate resources for mobile devices. The component for Android uses a special application which expands possibilities of CounterACT on control and monitoring of devices on the Android operating system of version 2.1 and is more senior. The component for iOS provides management of the opportunities of Apple and functions of the notification which are built in by MDM. In addition to blocking or access restriction to network resources, additional options are supported, namely – an opportunity far off to erase given and to block devices, to control observance of a password policy, to compulsorily install applications (e.g.: antiviruses, MDM) to delete or otklyuchatvstroyenny applications (e.g.: the camera) to control observance the politician of connection to Wi-Fi, and other, without the need for installation of the agent on Ipadiliiphone.
• · The module ForeScout Mobile MDM allows to expand possibilities of the solution which is available in MDM company and to unify management using CounterACT. This module will allow to consolidate in CounterACT the data on all endpoints in the company received from the MDM system including on mobile devices. Security service specialists work with the single console which provides control and the reporting under observance by employees and guests of established policies, device management for the main mobile platforms, such as IOS, Blackberry, Android and Windows. Consolidation of a safety feature of NAC and MDM allows to apply the centralized politicians of access control unavailable in MDM, and eliminates need of studying and use of the separate console for mobile device management.