{"id":7541,"date":"2016-04-13T18:17:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T22:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=7541"},"modified":"2017-02-23T11:31:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T16:31:47","slug":"samsung-knox-receives-strong-ratings-security-platform-gartner-report-mobile-device-security-comparison-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-knox-receives-strong-ratings-security-platform-gartner-report-mobile-device-security-comparison-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung KNOX Receives Most \u201cStrong\u201d Ratings of Any Security Platform in Gartner Report Mobile Device Security: A Comparison of Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seoul, South Korea<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 <\/strong>April<\/strong> 13<\/strong>, 2016 \u2013<\/strong> Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.<\/a> today announced that Samsung KNOX 2.6, Samsung\u2019s built in defense grade security that is ready for work right out of the box, received the most \u201cStrong\u201d ratings of any mobile security platform in the report \u201cMobile Device Security: A Comparison of Platforms\u201d <\/a>from Gartner, Inc.. The report, published on April 6, 2016 compared the core OS security features built into twelve mobile device platforms as well as enterprise management capabilities.<\/p>\n

Gartner notes, \u201cSecurity professionals must make informed decisions about deploying management software or mobile security apps, or whether they can rely on the various devices\u2019 security controls. This assessment focuses on the security requirements that apply to mobile devices and compares the most popular mobile device platforms with respect to these requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSamsung prides itself on providing end-to-end solutions that are secured at the core\u201d said Injong Rhee, Executive Vice President and Head of R&D, Software and Services, Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics.<\/strong> \u201cIn today\u2019s mobile-first environment, data privacy and protection are the integral components of all mobile applications and services, and KNOX is a ready-made hardware-vaulted security platform on which many mobile applications can be built with strong security and privacy protections on Samsung smartphone hardware. We\u2019re proud that Gartner has evaluated KNOX with the \u2018Strong\u2019 ratings in many aspects of security features.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gartner gave Samsung KNOX the most \u201cstrong\u201d ratings of any platform for Corporate Managed Security. Samsung KNOX is also the only platform with \u201cstrong\u201d ratings for every security control listed in the Corporate Managed Security category according to the report. We believe this highlights Samsung\u2019s industry leading position in categories such as Authentication Methods, Encryption Management, Jailbreak\/Root Protection and App Vetting.<\/p>\n

Samsung KNOX provides enterprise-ready devices with built in defense grade security, right out of the box. Anchored in the device\u2019s hardware, Samsung KNOX protects the device from the moment it boots up all the way through launching an app. KNOX 2.6 is the latest version of Samsung\u2019s mobile security platform, available on the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge devices. The KNOX 2.6 security platform is also optimized for Android M, which contains a number of features that enhance security and user productivity.<\/p>\n

Gartner subscribers can download the report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information about Samsung KNOX, please visit www.samsungknox.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies. The company is redefining the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, cameras, digital appliances, printers, medical equipment, network systems, and semiconductor and LED solutions. For the latest news, please visit the Samsung Newsroom at news.samsung.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seoul, South Korea \u2013 April 13, 2016 \u2013 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that Samsung KNOX 2.6, Samsung\u2019s built in defense grade security that is ready for work right out of the box, received the most \u201cStrong\u201d ratings of any mobile security platform in the report \u201cMobile Device Security: A Comparison of Platforms\u201d from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29729,29718],"tags":[306],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-7541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-enterprise","category-product","tag-knox"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/themes\/samsung-newsroom-2023\/assets\/theme-images\/default-card-mobile.png","fimg_url":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/themes\/samsung-newsroom-2023\/assets\/theme-images\/default-card.png","primary_category":{"term_id":29729,"name":"Enterprise","slug":"product-enterprise","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29729,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":29718,"count":388,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/category\/product\/product-enterprise\/","term_path":"product\/product-enterprise"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7541"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=7541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}