MWC: Third party apps get the Symantec Seal

Symantec announced its Sealed program which includes various new partnerships in an effort to help customers easily manage a secure ecosystem of third-party licensed applications in a single workspace for their corporate end users.

This week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Symantec showcased its most recent mobile solutions for both businesses and consumers. It also announced a range of new partnerships, which will allow end users to log into virtual private networks more easily.

The Symantec Sealed program delivers enterprise-class security for both internal and third-party applications on both iOS and Android operating systems. The program currently has 60 partners like Webalo, Damaka, Alfresco and SAVO Group and more than 125 applications. It allows customers to easily manage a secure ecosystem of third-party licensed applications and organic applications in a single, secure workspace for their corporate end users.

Also on display, Symantec demonstrated new solutions that enable the safe and secure management of information across iOS and Android platforms, including:

– Making secure logins simpler for the end user Symantec’s new Push Authentication technology for Symantec Validation and ID Protection (VIP) Service removes the need to manually enter a PIN every time someone logs into a VPN connection. The user simply clicks ‚”allow‚” on their mobile device and the VPN client will automatically login without requiring a PIN.

‚”In a world where mobility plays an integral part of both our personal and professional lives, Symantec’s mission is to help reduce security and privacy risks that prevent people from getting the most out of their devices,‚” said Chandra J. Rangan, vice president, Enterprise Segment Marketing, Symantec Corporation. ‚”We are thrilled to build out our partner ecosystem, and share our expertise in mobile security management and technologies this week to further help our customers learn firsthand how easy it is to be productive and protected wherever they may be.‚”

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