Wireless networks and mobile devices are the two technologies that facilitate increasingly mobile workforces. New capabilities such as expanded memory, increased battery life, stronger computing power with access to wireless connections, together with enterprise application support, are bringing down initial barriers to adoption. Past the initial adoption phases, wireless and mobile devices will give way to more mobile, more connected and more computerized workforces.
Open operating systems are driving new applications and revenues for carriers. Mobile virus/trojans on Windows CE, Palm OS and Symbian OS have emerged. Inadequate security will be an issue for mobile enterprise and consumer adoption. Enterprise/Carrier needs to extend security policy to other mobile end-points.
Symantec Antivirus for Handhelds 3.0 provides secure mobile computing through comprehensive, reliable protection against malicious code for Palm OS, Window Mobile Pocket PC and Symbian OS mobile devices.
Symantec antivirus technologies protect device-resident data and prevent malicious code from entering the wireless network. It protects against malicious code downloaded from the Web or email via GPRS, Wi-Fi, via Bluetooth or infrared connections and offers on-device alerting function, enabling users to respond to potential threats. It also provides automatic and up-to-date virus definitions via Wireless LiveUpdate and is optimized to preserve mobile devices and network performance. Symantec Client Security 3.0 also provides a firewall and over the air management of the device.
Insight: It’s clear that as SmartPhones and other wireless devices incorporate open operating systems, significant internal memory and storage that viruses and other intrusions will happen. It’s like spy vs. spy. The good news is the white hat folks (Symantec) are addressing the security and antivirus requirements for wireless handheld devices with both consumer and enterprise solutions.
