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ForeScout and AirWatch Partner to Offer Solution for Corporate BYOD Deployments
February 2013 by Marc Jacob
ForeScout Technologies, Inc. and AirWatch announced a partnership to deliver a comprehensive mobile security solution that combines the benefits of ForeScout’s network access control offerings with AirWatch’s MDM solution. As a result, companies can quickly enable enterprise mobility and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategies that are flexible, scalable and secure.
Together ForeScout CounterACT™ and AirWatch MDM offer enterprises:
Security automation to dynamically detect in real-time unmanaged devices - such as iPads, iPhones and Androids, attempting to connect to the corporate network - and readily gain network and device-based controls for a variety of actions including: allow, block, limit, register as guest, segregate, and initiate device compliance inspection.
Automated installation of AirWatch’s MDM agent on unmanaged devices through a simple automated self-enrolment process.
Detection of jail-broken and rooted devices with the means to negate or limit access until remediated.
Real-time mobile device compliance re-assessment whenever a mobile device tries to connect to an enterprise WiFi network.
Over-the-air device configuration and corporate app catalog management to instantly provision access to corporate email, WiFi, VPN and applications.
Enforcement of passcode policies and strong encryption keys to protect sensitive data on mobile devices.
Mobile application blacklisting, minimum OS level verification and device feature restrictions.
The ability to remotely locate, lock and fully or selectively wipe lost or stolen devices.
Powerful compliance rules engine, at the device and network level, with automated responses for defined events and contextual changes.
Unified visibility, control and compliance reporting for all mobile endpoint devices including PCs, smartphones, tablets, and laptops through the ForeScout CounterACT platform.
The integration between ForeScout CounterACT and AirWatch MDM is provided by ForeScout Mobile™, which is an add-on module to ForeScout CounterACT, the company’s award-winning network access control platform. By providing a range of mobile security solutions, ForeScout allows IT organisations to phase-in BYOD and “right size” their mobile security investments. The price of the ForeScout Mobile integration module for 1,000 devices or more is $18 per device (perpetual). The integration will be available by 1 March.
