CA Technologies integrates with Samsung KNOX to secure Android device deployments across enterprises
CA Technologies has announced CA Mobile Device Management (CA MDM) will be compatible with Samsung KNOX, Samsung’s end-to-end secure mobile platform solution designed to provide advanced data and privacy protection for both enterprises and consumers.
Samsung KNOX, an offering with a fully secure boot chain and new container-based environment for Android is a comprehensive enterprise mobile solution that addresses the mobile security needs of enterprise IT without invading the privacy of its employees.
“As the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world, we have an unparalleled reach across carriers,” said Injong Rhee, Senior Vice President of KNOX Business, IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics. “This integration with CA Technologies extends our reach and will allow us to better support the enterprise with the KNOX platform.”
CA MDM, one of the products in the new Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) suite, is a highly scalable product that provides enterprises with the capabilities necessary to secure and manage mobile devices, applications, and various end points including Windows and Linux desktops. With this compatibility, CA MDM will support the features like single sign-on for mobile applications, application-level Virtual Private Networking (VPN), application group policy, enhanced firewall group policy and application blacklisting/whitelisting to Samsung KNOX-enabled devices.
“Our customers have been asking for tightly integrated enterprise class solutions with Samsung’s mobile device offerings,” said Nagi Prabhu, Vice President, Enterprise Mobility, CA Technologies. “With this support for Samsung KNOX we will enable IT administrators to provide enterprise access at a very granular level without compromising the usability of mobile apps while retaining the mobile app user experience.”
