Microsoft’s “holistic approach” to tackling mobile security challenges, the Microsoft Defender ATP for Android, has now been launched for public preview.
The app will help secure enterprises & their data with the new mobile threat defense capabilities, claimed Microsoft on its official blog. At the same time, the Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux is also now generally available.
Here’s how Microsoft Defender ATP for Android will help protect enterprise mobile users:
- Protection from phishing & access to risky domains & URLs through Web protection capabilities that will block unsafe Sites accessed through SMS/text, WhatsApp, email, browsers, & other apps. For this, Microsoft will be using the same Microsoft Defender SmartScreen services that are on Windows to detect malicious Sites, which means that a decision to block a suspicious Site will apply across all devices in the enterprise.
- Proactive scanning of malicious applications, files, & potentially unwanted applications(PUA) that users may download to their mobile devices.
- Adding layers of protection to help prevent & limit the impact of breaches in an organization. By leveraging tight integration with “Microsoft Endpoint Manager” & “Conditional Access”, mobile devices that have been compromised with malicious apps or malware are considered high risk & will be blocked from accessing corporate resources.
- A unified security experience through Microsoft Defender Security Center where defenders can see alerts & easily get the additional context they need to quickly assess & respond to threats across Windows, Mac, Linux, & now mobile devices.
To learn more about these capabilities & how to get started you may read up this blog post in the Microsoft Defender ATP tech community.
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