Security white Paper Lookout build cloud security platform for BYOD

Security expert Lookout recently announced the introduction of a mobile security equipment management platform--lookout for Business, which is used to protect the use of BYOD business security, to avoid data loss, equipment loss and so on.

The platform provides protection against malware, network threats, and data loss, as well as remote positioning, locking, and erasing devices for IT administrators.

Lookout for business, Jenny Roy, in a statement, said: "Employees are the core elements of mobile security, a solution to be very good adaptability and efficient, it is necessary to be as easy as possible to reduce the cost of learning staff." Enterprises want to have a good product, the first to do this product staff and team to use from the bottom of the heart, and like to use, this is what lookout is currently doing. ”

In addition, Lookout for business is cloud-based control management, providing managers with visibility and the ability to manage devices in depth, enabling users to find their own mobile devices through the cloud.

Nushin Vaiani, an analyst from Canalys, said: "Today's companies cannot afford to ignore sensitive data that staff mobile devices can produce." Mobile security will be a priority for IT managers, who need to protect their employees ' mobile devices from a multitude of threats, as well as employees. ”

To this end, Lookout also published a white paper, "critical business security thinking for mobile devices in the BYOD environment", which was commissioned by Forrester Consulting. According to the survey, 69% of the executives reported that the threat posed by mobile malware, as well as virus spyware is very worried.

In addition, the report found that 60% of people lost their phones or were stolen in the past year. 72% of people agree that there is a gap between the security of the current mobile device and its protection.

3/4 per cent of respondents said that BYOD made mobile security more challenging, and 47% did not guarantee that mobile devices would be safe and would affect productivity.

60% per cent of respondents were dissatisfied with their current BYOD solutions, mainly due to cost and lack of security, while 60% per cent said employees cared about their privacy and retention of personal data, and 56% said they were looking for a security solution to replace the current BYOD.