Wednesday, 8 August 2007

McAfee Joins LiMo, Provides Security for World's First Mobile Linux Initiative

McAfee has officially become a core member of the LiMo Foundation, an organisation that enables service providers to understand and mitigate security risks to their businesses, protect their customers and avoid the negative impact on their brands that can result from malicious attacks.

First on McAfee’s agenda is to utilize its mobile security expertise to enhance the end-user experience for the world's first global Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. It will work closely with other members of the LiMo Foundation, using its knowledge of mobile threats and its history of working with mobile carriers to ensure end-users have a safe, best-in-class mobile user experience.

"Linux is a proven platform which is set to expand to wireless networks, mobile services and the delivery of multimedia content. McAfee will work with the members of the LiMo Foundation to ensure a safe mobile user experience to this fast-growing sector of the market," said Victor Kouznetsov, senior vice president of Mobile Security at McAfee.

McAfee will implement its Mobile Security Risk Management approach in its coordinated efforts with the LiMo Foundation, which enables service providers to understand and mitigate security risks to their businesses, protect their customers and avoid the negative impact on their brands that can result from malicious attacks.

McAfee's Mobile Security Platform has been deployed in some 50 million devices worldwide.