McAfee Shares Vision for Bringing Mobile Devices into the Security Infrastructure

McAfee Shares Vision for Bringing Mobile Devices into the Security
Infrastructure
Explosive Growth of Mobile Devices and Changing Threat Vectors Requires
Shift in Enterprise Security Strategies

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 20, 2011 - McAfee today 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 per cent in
the last quarter. The need to secure mobile devices from attacks has
never been more important. IT security operations that were once
smooth-running have recently come under intense pressure to adopt new
technologies and fully support completely new platforms, operating
systems and architectures. McAfee is developing products and strategies
to allow businesses to bring these consumer devices securely into the IT
infrastructure.

“Mobile device adoption is exploding, and unfortunately, so are the
threats targeting mobile platforms. If McAfee’s historical experience
analyzing threats on numerous platforms is any indication, we believe
that the emerging mobile malware we are seeing today is just the
beginning,” said John Dasher, senior director, mobile security for
McAfee. “It’s a whole new world, and a challenge for IT to craft
security policies that make sense while updating their infrastructure.
At McAfee, we’re working hard to create new technology to help
enterprises address the challenge of securely incorporating these new
mobile platforms into their environment.”

New Endpoints, New Challenges
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. Today, challenges include the consumerization
of IT, mobile platform diversity that includes iOS, Android, BlackBerry
and Windows Phone, and an explosion of applications. Additionally, most
Android-based devices have a slightly different implementation of the
OS, making software development and support that much harder.

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 -- With data and device protection for
today’s most popular mobile devices, McAfee provides a complete
security solution that embraces mobile device diversity. To meet this
challenge, McAfee offers the following:
o  McAfee® Enter
prise Mobility Management (McAfee® EMM™)
(http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/enterprise-mobility-management.aspx)
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.
o  Anti-malware protection from the growing number of threats targeted
at mobile devices through McAfee® VirusScan® Mobile software.
o  Web protection that alerts mobile devices users when they are
accessing malicious sites, such as phishing sites.

● 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:
o  Data protection when using the McAfee EMM product, including the
prevention of data leakage from Jailbroken and Rooted devices.
o  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.
o  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.
o  McAfee has released in beta McAfee® App Alert™ software to inform
users how apps access their personal data.
o  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.
o  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.

For more information on McAfee mobile security solutions, please visit
http://www.mcafee.com/mobilesecurity.

About McAfee
McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC),
is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee
delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure
systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users
to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more
securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee
creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the
public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance
with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify
vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security.
McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep
our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com

McAfee Canada is headquartered in Markham, Ontario, with regional
offices across Canada. The company's Consumer Software Research and
Development facility is based in Waterloo, Ontario.

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