PDA Defense Selected as an Integral Part of the Palm Tungsten MIM Solution
Asynchrony Solutions announced it has provided Palm, Inc. with a security application bundled in the new Tungsten™ Mobile Information Management (MIM) Solution. Palm implemented PDA Defense Enterprise under the brand name "Security Plus."
The Tungsten MIM Solution gives IT administrators control over handheld security policies, including mandatory password protection for end users; length, complexity and expiry of passwords; data encryption; and application access control. In addition, Security Plus protects against theft and brute force password attacks with data-wipe functionality. The encryption capability protects data and applications on the device and expansion cards, with a choice of 128-bit or 512-bit symmetric key algorithm.
"Security is one of the biggest challenges that corporations face today. The protection of information and assets is crucial. Power-on authentication and data encryption should be the first line of defense for any handheld that holds sensitive data or connects to your corporate network." — Rebecca Taylor, senior product manager, Palm Solutions Group
The proliferation of handheld devices and wireless messaging has made companies vulnerable at several points of attack: confidential information, network passwords, e-mail and customer lists. The handhelds themselves are often a target for theft. According to a June 2002 survey by Maritz/Thompson Lightstone, 80 percent of CIOs were using, testing or considering a wireless handheld security strategy, and Gartner research projected one billion wireless smart devices by 2003, more than 600 million of them web enabled.