F-Secure Mobile Security for Business

F-Secure Mobile Security for Business Overview:

Smartphones are small computers that contain confidential business data and face many of the same threats as workstations and laptops. F-Secure Mobile Security for Business provides total protection for business smartphones and enables centralized management and monitoring by IT administrators.

F-Secure Mobile Security for Business Prevents

• Misuse of confidential information in case the phone is lost or stolen.
• Mobile spyware from monitoring smartphone usage.
• Unwanted billing caused by viruses that are trying to spread.
• The smartphone becoming unusable due to malware.

Smartphones are effectively small computers and face many of the same threats as workstations and laptops. Mobile malware and spyware pose extra security risks for businesses, lowering productivity and causing business continuity problems. If the phone is lost or stolen, you need to be sure that your confidential business information cannot be misused by anyone. F-Secure Mobile Security for Business offers total protection for business smartphones and also provides centralized management for IT administrators.

Instant protection against loss or theft
Mobile phones can easily be lost or stolen - so it's important that you have a way to protect and remotely control the device. F-Secure Mobile Security for Business introduces the advanced antitheft feature with remote lock, remote wipe and theft control functionalities. Remote lock can be used to lock the device to protect confidential information quickly and easily with a single SMS message. The theft control feature activiates when the SIM card is changed by locking the device. As an ultimate safety measure to prevent misuse, it is possible to erase all the data on the phone with remote wipe. You can be sure that your confidential information won't be misused by anyone.

Features you can rely on
The solution works invisibly in the background, scanning all network traffic and monitoring the device for malware. The application combines real-time antivirus functionality with a firewall, antitheft and antispyware, making the device completely safe for today's connected life.

F-Secure Mobile Security for Business automatically retrieves the newest updates whenever any data connection is used. An additional SMS update mechanism patented by F-Secure ensures that critical malware fingerprints are received even when a data connection is not available.

Centralized management and monitoring
IT administrators can centrally monitor the protection status of the company smartphones by using the F-Secure Mobile Security for Business management portal. The administrator can easily add smartphones into the management portal, send a download link and a service activation code as an SMS message directly to the pones, and monitor the service status and subscriptions with a standard web browser.

Key Features:

• Antitheft
  If your phone is lost or stolen, F-Secure Mobile Security helps to safeguard your personal and confidential data. The anti-theft offers three new features to keep your data safe: remote locking, remote wiping and theft control.
   
• Antispyware
  Protects against spyware and espionage software that may monitor and record all the actions on a mobile phone, including voice calls, SMS, multimedia and e-mail messages.
   
• Antivirus and customizable Firewall
  Combined real-time antivirus protection with a customizable firewall makes the device completely safe against mobile viruses and malware.
   
• Smooth user experience
  Security has never looked better. The new smooth user interface is all about making security easy.
   
• Unique advanced automatic updates
  A unique 2-layer update mechanism automatically retrieves the newest updates whenever any data connection is used. Advanced SMS updates ensure that you receive the critical updates even when a data connection is not available.
   
• Light, efficient and easy
  Thanks to light and efficient scanning technology, F-Secure Mobile Security for Business gives you full protection without affecting the smartphone user experience. The new smooth user interface is all about making security easy.
   
• Central management
  Centralized management makes it easy for an IT administrator or partner to monitor the protection status of all the smartphones in the service.
   
• Device management
  F-Secure Mobile Security for Business supports the device management standard defined by Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). To utilize the device management the company should have, for example, the Nokia Intellisync or mFormation device management system. Administrators can use the device management system to perform complicated or repetitive management tasks over the air on behalf of the end user.

Solution:

Protecting Confidential Data and Improving Productivity

F-Secure Mobile Security for Business provides essential protection for today's sophisticated smartphones. It makes sure businesses do not suffer from productivity and continuity problems caused by mobile malware, safeguarding confidential information even if the phone is lost or stolen.

Centralized Management and Monitoring

IT administrators can centrally monitor the protection status of the company smartphones by using the F-Secure Mobile Services portal. More smartphones can easily be added into the wireless Mobile Security service. The administrator can send the service activation code as an SMS message directly to the phones and monitor the service subscription status with a standard web browser.

• Complete, automatically updated security solution for business smartphones.
• Includes firewall, real-time anti-virus and anti-spyware to protect against mobile malware.
• Centralized security management and monitoring for IT administrators.
• Advanced anti-theft features.
• Remote Lock can lock the phone easily with a single SMS message.
• Theft Control locks the phone if the SIM card is changed.
• Remote Wipe erases all the data on the phone - an ultimate safety measure to prevent misuse.
• Works invisibly in the background, scanning all network traffic and monitoring the phone for malware.
• Automatically retrieves newest updates whenever any data connection is used.
• Advanced SMS update mechanism for critical updates when a data connection is not available.
• Smooth user experience thanks to light and efficient scanning technology.
• Conserves smartphone disc space, minimizes battery and memory use.

Specifications:

Supported Platforms:

F-Secure Mobile Security supports all major mobile operating systems including Symbian and Windows mobile platforms.

• S60 5th Edition
• S60 3rd Edition
• UIQ
• Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC
• Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• Windows Mobile 6 Standard

See the full list of supported devices here

Supported Languages:

Supported languages for the following platforms

• Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC
• Windows Mobile Professional / Classic
• Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone
• Windows Mobile Standard

English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish

S60 3rd and 5th Edition & UIQ:

English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese (People's republic of China), Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Danish, Spanish, Finnish, French, German, Bahasa Indonesia, Italian, Japanese, Bahasa Malaysia, Dutch, Norwagian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Tagalog (Philippines), Thai, Turkish, Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)

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Documentation:

Download the F-Secure Mobile Security for Business Datasheet (PDF).