How to enable Zero-Trust mobile security, simply and holistically

Traced has developed a unique way to protect an organisation’s sensitive data from the threat of unknown or untrusted mobile devices.  

In the cybersecurity industry, “Zero-Trust” is the principle of inherently distrusting any user, device, service or network that tries to access business resources until it has authenticated itself and is verified as trustworthy. 

Many Mobile Threat Defence (MTD) vendors are only been able to offer Zero-Trust capabilities on “managed” devices. That is, devices that are enrolled in an Enterprise Mobility Management system, like Microsoft Intune. 

EMM solutions that include Mobile Device Management (MDM) or Mobile Application Management (MAM) capabilities are common in today’s businesses. However, it necessitates employees opening up access to their personal phone or tablet to management by their employer - who have the ability to install and manage apps, remove apps, revoke access to apps or email etc.  So requiring devices to be managed poses privacy and technical problems that leads to unknown, unmanaged devices accessing business resources. 

Those devices are ripe for attack. Mobile phones and tablets are subject to phishing attacks, malware in the form of malicious apps, out-of-date security patches that are being exploited by cybercriminals, they connect to compromised WiFi networks where attackers intercept passwords or drop malware on the device… Organisations do not want those devices connecting to their systems or access sensitive data that could then lead to a data breach or ransomware attack.

We've developed a unique approach to mobile Zero-Trust. Unlike other MTDs, Traced protects devices and restricts access to company data for untrusted devices whether they are enrolled in an MDM/MAM or not.

The Traced app monitors the security risks of every mobile device in an organisation’s workforce, and whether they should be allowed access to business data. This makes it ideal for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) environments as well as businesses that have company-owned devices issued to employees. It can restrict access to business data from managed or unmanaged devices, wherever it encounters a security risk on that device (including if the device doesn’t have the Traced app installed).

The unique advantage of Traced is the ability to enable zero-trust access to your company data from your employee's mobile devices whether or not they're managed by an MDM or MAM in a single solution - perfect if you have any BYOD mobiles. Set up is simple and quick, the app is intuitive and lightweight and puts employee privacy first. You can see at a glance which devices in your organisation are protected and can access company data, and which devices are compromised. All the while you have peace of mind, knowing your organisation's data is secure.

Free Zero-Trust white paper

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We explain how Zero-Trust for mobiles works in practice, as well as how Traced is unique in its approach. Read the white paper for free.