ICSA Labs lanceert programma om
VPN-beveiligingsfuncties te testen voor mobiele apparaten
Om miljoenen zakelijke
gebruikers van smartphones en tablets te helpen met het veilig ontvangen van
data, brengt ICSA Labs als eerste in de markt een testprogramma om te bepalen
of de mobiele apparaten aan de laatste veiligheidsnormen voldoen voor de aansluiting
op VPN’s (Virtual Private Networks). VPN’s stellen werknemers in staat om off-site
veilig te surfen en zakelijke toepassingen zoals e-mail te gebruiken.
Volgens het Verizon Data
Breach Investigation Report 2012 is er sterke stijging te zien met betrekking
tot mobiele bedreigingen, omdat veel bedrijven tegenwoordig vaker smartphones
en tablets gebruiken dan servers. Deze mobile apparaten worden vaak op grote
schaal verspreid, zijn zeer mobiel met minder beperkingen en worden
gecontroleerd door de eindgebruikers. Mobiele apparaten zijn vaak een factor
bij inbreuken op gegevensbeveiligingen en leveren een belangrijke bijdrage aan
het verlies van gegevens. Het nieuwe programma, Mobile Device VPN Security,
is beschikbaar voor alle fabrikanten van draadloze en mobile apparaten. Verizon
Wireless is de eerste gebruiker van het programma.
Het volledige Engelstalige bericht is hieronder te vinden.
Vragen? Aarzel niet om contact op te nemen,
Dina-Perla Marciano
NEWS RELEASE
May 24, 2012
Media contact:
John Columbus
ICSA Labs
908-559-5993
john.columbus@verizon.com
ICSA Labs Launches
Industry-First Program to Test VPN Security Features of Smartphones, Tablets
and Other Mobile Devices
Testing
Program Ensures Safer Remote Connections to the Workplace
MECHANICSBURG,
Pa. – To help millions of enterprise users of smartphones and tablets send
and receive data securely, ICSA Labs is offering the industry’s first testing
program for determining whether these devices meet the latest security
standards for connecting with VPNs (virtual private networks). VPNs
enable employees working off-site to securely browse websites and use enterprise-provided
applications such as email.
The new program, Mobile Device VPN Security, is available immediately for
wireless carriers and mobile device manufacturers. Verizon Wireless is
the program’s first customer.
“As tablets and smart phones continue to empower enterprises and their
employees with a borderless work style, the testing of mobile devices’ VPN
functionality is increasingly important to verify that confidential company
information is adequately protected,” said Jack Walsh, mobile security and
special projects program manager at ICSA Labs. “Our security-testing
program provides peace of mind to the carriers whose networks link to millions
of smart devices, and to the enterprise users of those devices.”
According to the “Verizon 2012 Data Breach
Investigations Report,”
mobile threats are on the rise, as enterprises now have many more smartphones
and tablets than servers. These mobile devices are often widely
distributed, highly mobile, less restricted and controlled by end users. As a
result, mobile devices frequently factor into enterprise data breaches and
contribute greatly to overall data loss.
ICSA Labs’ Mobile Device VPN Security testing program verifies that mobile
phones and tablets meet current security standards. This includes testing
the devices’ implementation of Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2), which
improves upon the security of IKEv1 and offers enhanced protection against
denial-of-service attacks.
ICSA Labs has been testing VPN security for more than 15 years and has
extensive experience evaluating VPN clients and servers against all relevant
network security standards.
To learn more about the new testing program, visit
the Mobile Device VPN
Security testing program web page.
For information about the largest security threats for 2012 including mobile
device security, read ICSA
Labs Top Security Threats.
About ICSA Labs
ICSA Labs,
an independent division of Verizon, offers third-party testing and
certification of security and health IT products, as well as network-connected
devices, to measure product compliance, reliability and performance for many of
the world's top security vendors. ICSA Labs is an ISO/IEC 17025:2005
accredited and 9001:2008 registered organization. Visit http://www.ICSAlabs.com and http://www.ICSAlabs.com/blogs for more
information.
About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ),
headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other
wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government
and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most
reliable wireless network, with 93 million retail customers nationwide.
Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment
services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers
integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries,
including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in
2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 192,000. For
more information, visit www.verizon.com.
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