The development of mobile devices and wireless technologies in recent years has revolutionized the way people work and communicate. The growing use of these technologies makes mobile devices one of the main targets of cyber threats.
The proliferation of mobile devices in recent years, together with the increase in their capabilities, features, and possibilities of use, makes it necessary to evaluate in-depth the security offered by this type of device. On top of that, the mechanisms for protecting the information they manage, within the Information and communications technology environments are key.
Harmony Mobile has enabled us to provide the necessary information for the evaluation and analysis of the risks, threats, and security vulnerabilities to which mobile devices are currently exposed, as well as the technology used to address these risks.
In addition, the document presents a list of general security recommendations aimed at protecting mobile devices, their communications and the information and data they manage and store.
We are using malicious application detection to identify known and unknown threats through threat emulation, advanced static code analysis, application reputation, and machine learning. The solution captures apps as they are downloaded to devices and runs them in a cloud-based virtual environment to analyze how safe they are.
The solution has many valuable aspects, including:
Anti-Phishing, which blocks phishing attacks in all applications (email, messaging, and social networks).
Safe Browsing, which blocks access to malicious sites in all browsers based on dynamic security intelligence provided by Check Point ThreatCloudTM, the world's largest threat database.
Conditional Access, which blocks infected devices from accessing corporate applications and data, regardless of UEM solutions.
Anti-Bot, which detects bot-infected devices and automatically blocks their communication with command and control (C&C) servers.
URL filtering, which prevents access to websites deemed inappropriate by an organization's corporate policies. It allows companies to blacklist and whitelist websites at a granular level of detail, and to enforce policies on mobile devices across all browser applications as well as non-browser-specific applications.
Wi-Fi network security, which detects malicious network behavior and man-in-the-middle attacks and automatically disables connections to malicious networks.
The product needs to work on the integration of alerts with different SIEM or security solutions. Harmony provides visibility of device security, yet, precisely due to the growth of attacks and threats on these technologies, it is important to integrate the information it generates with the rest of the intelligence handled by cybersecurity areas.
In the same vein, it would be important to have detailed information on the type of threats and new intelligence that the platform is providing, so that it is easy to alert users when it provides value.
I've used the solution for one year.
The solution offers excellent support service.
We did not use a different solution. Instead, we were just using an MDM solution but although we can make configurations oriented to protect the devices, it is far from being a complete solution like Harmony.
The initial setup is easy.
We handled the implementation in-house.
I'd advise a potential new user to talk with their account manager.
We also evaluated McAfee and Cortex, but Harmony fixes better with my company requisites in order to run in background for end user.
