in brief As traditional security vendors are racing to embrace mobile phones as their next platform offering, Symantec is among the few stepping back and making sure they get it right.
Symantec's new suite is designed for corporations to roll out to its employees using Windows Mobile technology. It includes an antivirus application; a personal firewall; an anti-SMS spam application; data encryption for both the device itself and memory cards; feature control to disable Bluetooth, wireless, and syncing when not necessary; and an optional virtual private network (VPN), version 2.6, with network access control that can be set to allow only policy-compliant devices.
The suite, currently in public beta, was expected to be available this week, however, Symantec said yesterday in an e-mail "after some review, we've decided to integrate this product into the cycle of our 2008 Norton product line launching in the fall timeframe".
The new suite, when available, will also go beyond just US mobile phones and will include phones available worldwide.
