Blue Coat Systems launches mobile applications controls in India

BANGALORE: Blue Coat Systems (BCS), a web security solutions provider, today introduced mobile applications controls in India to prevent security breaches by unsanctioned mobile applications on the corporate network.

"For the first time, Blue Coat through its mobile application controls give Indian administrators the ability to not only determine which applications are allowed on the network, but also to what extent mobile device users are able to interact with those applications," BCS MD for India sales Ambarish Deshpande said.

He said the move was to help Indian enterprises manage the proliferation of consumer technology which has led to more employees bringing their own devices to work.

Deshpande added that the growth of Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) initiatives in India has created a situation where IT security managers are facing a deluge of untrusted, unmanaged devices and applications on the corporate network.

A recent survey conducted by Nielsen Informate Mobile Insights reveal that urban India has 27 million smartphone users, who represent approximately nine percent of the 900 million general mobile users in the sub-continent.

Forrester Research has stated recently that 57 per cent of employees chose and purchased their own smartphone without any direction or guidance from their company.