MWC 2015: Mobile security solutions from Trend Micro

NEW DELHI: With the surge in mobile devices, the need to secure corporate and personal data has been felt and Trend Micro reaffirmed its continued commitment to providing enterprises and such security offerings designed to combat today’s next-generation, sophisticated attacks at the Mobile World Congress (MWC).

Mobile devices, including phones and tablets, are expected to rise from 7.7 billion in 2014 to more than 12.1 billion by 2018.

"There is much more to the ‘Internet of Things’ than just smart home devices...While connected devices offer efficiency and convenience, they are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks, and mobile devices are among the most targeted platforms. As mobile continues to become a mainstream vehicle for accessing corporate data, businesses must be able to mitigate the unparalleled range of cyber attacks that are constantly victimizing enterprises and individuals,” said said Eva Chen, CEO,Trend Micro.

At MWC, Chen, along with other Trend Micro thought leaders, shared the company’s commitment to enabling a safe online experience, both in the workplace and at home. Demos were conducted to highlight the company’s mobile security solutions, encompassing enterprise and consumer offerings such as Trend Micro Safe Mobile Workforce, Trend Micro Security Everywhere and Trend Micro Security at Home.

Trend Micro’s enterprise solutions, including Trend Micro Safe Mobile Workforce, offer mobile device management, device security, AV protection, and data protection.  The company's enterprise offerings include endpoint, gateway and cloud security solutions that work to help protect enterprise data. In addition to the complete user protection solution, Trend Micro’s cloud and data center offerings empower organizations to securely enable back-end mobile processes, while its custom defense offerings protect against targeted attacks, safeguarding mobile users at every level.

Based on a virtual private network/cloud platform, Trend Micro Security Everywhere provides security that includes traffic monitoring and control, website filtering and parental controls, as well as public Wi-Fi protection.

Trend Micro Security at Home secures consumers’ smart home devices using a “security embedded” network device that provides unique protection features, including a home management platform in the cloud, agentless protection, and a vulnerability scanner and fixer tool. With the mobile app (available for both Android and iOS devices), users can easily manage their home devices, check the security of family members’ devices and review other security settings from anywhere.

As part of Trend Micro’s commitment to securing the Internet of Things, the company is also announcing its community membership in the AllSeen Alliance, a cross-industry collaboration to advance the Internet of Things through an open-source software framework called AllJoyn. The collaborative framework makes it easy for devices and applications to discover and communicate to each other. As a community member, Trend Micro will provide security guidance and counsel to the AllSeen Alliance, in order to help further protect the Internet of Things.

Hosted by the GSMA and located in Barcelona, MWC is the world’s largest annual gathering of mobile and related industry C-level executives. During March 2-5, more than 86,000 attendees and 1,900 exhibitors from more than 200 countries gathered to spotlight the leading technologies, products and services that are shaping the future of the mobile industry, from network infrastructure to mobile handsets and devices, to software and applications.