Check Point announces
SandBlast Mobile 3.0 solution
heck Point has announced new
capabilities for its industry-
leading mobile threat defence
solution, SandBlast Mobile. SandBlast
Mobile 3.0 offers threat prevention
technology for the enterprise, allowing
employees to safely conduct business
using their mobile devices.
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Sandblast Mobile 3.0 features on-device
network threat prevention. The latest
additions to SandBlast Mobile will now:
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protects against threats to the OS, apps
and network, scoring the industry’s
highest threat catch rate without impacting
performance or user experience.
“Enterprises need to use consistent,
comprehensive threat prevention across
their mobile fleets, to stop these devices
being the weak point in their security
defences. The new capabilities for
SandBlast Mobile extend our best-in-class
threat prevention technology to mobile,
delivering fully-integrated protection
across enterprise networks, endpoints,
cloud and mobile deployments.” Check Point has seen the attack
vectors on mobile devices expand
from just known malware, network
and OS exploits, to now include zero-
day malware, mobile cryptomining,
SMS attacks and Bluetooth exploits.
To address this, the company offers
a complete solution to enterprise
customers, part of Check Point’s Infinity
security architecture. Infinity seamlessly
shares indicators between network
appliances, PC endpoints, cloud
and mobile. SandBlast Mobile 3.0 is
available immediately. u
SandBlast Mobile is the most complete
threat defence solution to prevent
advanced cyberattacks. Its technology
In Miercom’s independent Mobile Threat
Defense Industry Assessment, SandBlast
Mobile achieved the highest threat catch
rate of all tested vendors.
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• Prevent phishing attacks on
all applications
• Prevent browsing to malicious sites
where devices may become infected
• Block infected devices from sending
sensitive data to botnets
• Keep infected devices from accessing
corporate applications and data
• Mitigate threats without relying
on user action or mobile
management platforms
“Mobile devices are a key part of the
IT ecosystem of businesses globally.
However, in most organisations, they
are not protected anywhere near the
level they need to be, in relation to the
value of the corporate assets they store
and process,” said Itai Greenberg, VP
of Product Management at Check Point
Software Technologies.