VMware Expands Its Mobile Security Alliance to Provide a Connected, Comprehensive Approach to Securing the Digital
Workspace
BARCELONA, SPAIN --(Marketwired - September 12, 2017) - VMware, Inc.
(NYSE: VMW)
- VMware Mobile Security Alliance Connects Traditionally-Siloed Solutions Across Endpoint Security, Application Security,
Cloud Security, Network Security, Authentication, and Analytics
- Deeply-Integrated Ecosystem of Trusted Security Vendors Grows with Six New Members Joining the Mobile Security
Alliance
Today at VMworld® 2017 Europe, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced an expansion of its
Mobile Security Alliance (MSA) -- a broad ecosystem of security vendors, deeply integrated with the VMware Workspace ONE™ digital
workspace platform, that provides a connected, comprehensive approach to securing all aspects of the digital workspace. Workspace
ONE provides purpose-built application programming interfaces (APIs) for the security ecosystem to integrate with the platform.
With security solutions from MSA partners and Workspace ONE, customers benefit from a modern security platform that protects
against targeted threats across devices, users, apps, and data; both in the cloud and on-premises.
VMware established the MSA to bridge the gaps between existing legacy security tools and provide a foundational platform for
securing all mobile endpoints across an enterprise. At inception in 2015, the MSA consisted of 10 trusted security partners
across four categories including endpoint, application, cloud, and network security. As the number of security attacks increases,
so does the breadth of the MSA ecosystem. The addition of Bay Dynamics, CipherCloud, Entrust Datacard Corporation, Gurucul,
Intercede, and Kaymera to the alliance brings the total number of partners to 23 across six categories, including two new
categories -- authentication and analytics.
"Security attack vectors are growing as the number of endpoint platforms, apps, and user types steadily increase," explained
Sumit Dhawan, senior vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. "Organizations must adopt a new approach
that is first and foremost powered by an inherently-secure infrastructure, and secondly includes a deeply-integrated ecosystem to
stitch together existing security silos, providing visibility across all users, apps, and devices. The Mobile Security Alliance
provides customers with a way to manage and gain visibility across several of their security solutions from a single platform --
VMware Workspace ONE."
Workspace ONE is the core platform for a modern security architecture with application and device security essentials natively
built-in. The solution bridges advanced, third-party security technologies together so customers can benefit from:
- Broad ecosystem interoperability: By using Workspace ONE, organizations can use a single solution for
deploying device management and other third-party security agents and network profiles. This allows customers to choose their
security partners that meet their organization's unique needs and secure all endpoint platforms across the enterprise.
Additionally, leveraging trusted data and shared insights from MSA partners, integrated into Workspace ONE, can help customers
take the next step on detection and remediation of security threats.
- Build on top of existing security investments: Customers do not need to 'rip and replace' their various
security solutions in order to implement Workspace ONE. Workspace ONE can unify a customer's security ecosystem by pulling
solutions from MSA partners together into a comprehensive security strategy.
- Address data security gaps: As customers prepare for new compliance requirements, such as General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR), they will need to address data security gaps. Workspace ONE, with integrations from MSA partners,
features security and data protection capabilities that provide policy creation and enforcement of role-based access to data,
apply identity verification and management, and enable device or end-user data deletion.
Customers can take immediate advantage of the integration between Workspace ONE and the solutions from the new MSA partners.
Workspace ONE, combined with Intercede or Entrust Datacard, can enable government customers to move away from physical smart
cards to mobile devices for authentication and secure access to critical data and applications. Gurucul and Bay Dynamics can help
customers make better application access decisions based on risk scores delivered through Workspace ONE. Integration with Kaymera
can enable customers to take advantage of advanced mobile threat detection capabilities with subsequent policy enforcement and
remediation via Workspace ONE. Lastly, CipherCloud and Workspace ONE customers can gain new visibility across their cloud
services, enabling sophisticated access control and policy enforcement.
To see the full list of MSA partners or for more information about the alliance, visit the VMware Mobile Security Alliance website.
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