Menlo Security, VMware Team Up to Fight Mobile Device Cyberattacks

Menlo Security and VMware have partnered on a solution that delivers phishing and mobile malware protection.

Menlo’s Global Cloud Proxy platform has integrated with VMware Workspace One Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) to deliver mobile isolation capabilities. It will allow Workspace One UEM customers to better protect mobile devices from ransomware and phishing attacks by isolating threats in the cloud and preventing them from reaching the endpoint.

Kowsik Guruswamy, Menlo’s CTO, tells us with the coronavirus pandemic, his company has seen a 50% increase in malware attacks and 60% increase in phishing attacks.

Menlo Security’s Kowsik Guruswamy

“Clearly cybercriminals are taking advantage of the situation to escalate their attacks,” he said. “People are distracted with remote working, child care and buying supplies. They are betting that people are letting their guard down a little, and cybercriminals are taking advantage of the situation with an increase in attacks.”

Menlo’s partners can expand their value proposition to protecting mobile devices as well as desktops, Guruswamy said.

“With the integration with VMware, the solution will be easy to deploy and manage,” he said. “This will help expand business for partners who do not sell mobile device security, and it should help strengthen their customer relationships.”

The solution solves the problem of mobile malware and phishing attacks by separating the mobile device from the public web while providing unrestricted access to the internet, according to Menlo. It also provides visibility and control of users, data and applications.

“The integration provides partners a competitive advantage because it provides a tightly integrated solution to augment what is already in place,” Guruswamy said. “VMware’s Workspace One will now be one of the only solutions that delivers mobile isolation, which has tremendous value in improving the security for enterprises.”

Menlo also has an integrated solution with VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud, which was announced late last year.

“As we worked with VMware, extending our integration to mobile devices just made sense,” Guruswamy said. “Mobile devices are increasingly becoming a primary computing device for employees, and they should be protected with the same level or security as desktops.”

The integrated solution will be available at the end of March for iOS and Android devices.

“Mobile isolation is becoming a critical part of the modern security architecture as it provides an additional level of defense against threats as part of a broader workspace security initiative,” said Shawn Bass, VMware‘s CTO of end-user computing. “Bringing Workspace One UEM together with Menlo Security mobile malware and phishing prevention capabilities provides a solution that maintains an engaging employee experience while maintaining a superior level of enterprise security.”