Symantec Previews Next-Gen Mobile Security Solution

Perimeter Security | News | Kara Reeder, Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Mobile Device Security, network security, Symantec
Symantec is showing off a prototype for what the company calls a next-generation solution to mobile security developed by its research labs.

According to eSecurity Planet, Symantec Mobile Reputation Security is designed to help the carrier protect its network even if the user is on a different network. SMRS is a cloud-based system that scans any application the user tries to download and compares it to a list of known threats and sources. The carrier can then decide if it's an app that should be allowed to run.

The system likely won't be available commercially until later this year or early 2011 at the earliest.

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