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Lookout Integrates with Microsoft Enterprise Mobility and Security to Secure Mobile Productivity
October 2016 by Marc Jacob
Lookout has announced the general availability of its integration of Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security with Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS). This integrated solution offers business customers the freedom and flexibility of mobile productivity, with enhanced capabilities for securing enterprise data and assets, including the ability to control access to company resources and data based on risk assessments provided by Lookout.
As employees increasingly rely on mobile devices to be productive, the amount of corporate data that’s accessible by these devices grows, making the mobile device a critical endpoint to secure. With the integrated Lookout and Microsoft EMS solution, customers can:
Enable mobile productivity with peace of mind that devices are secured
Microsoft EMS provides an identity-driven security solution that offers a holistic approach to the security challenges in this mobile-first, cloud-first era. Lookout complements Microsoft EMS’ identity-based security with its rich mobile threat intelligence by continuously monitoring devices for threats, passing that information directly to Microsoft Intune to inform conditional access decisions. Lookout protects against threats across three attack vectors:
1. App-based threats: Trojans, spyware, rootkits, as well as non-compliant apps that leak sensitive data
2. Network-based threats: man-in-the-middle and SSL attacks that can steal encrypted data-in-transit
3. OS-based threats: Advanced jailbreaking of iOS devices and rooting of Android devices
Control access to corporate resources based on mobile risks
Conditional access policies within Microsoft EMS today allow an enterprise to protect corporate resources from unauthorized access based on customizable factors, such as location, device and user state, application sensitivity and risk. In the Lookout and Microsoft EMS integrated solution, if a device is determined to be non-compliant due to a mobile risk identified by Lookout, access to resources like Microsoft Office 365 can be blocked using Microsoft EMS conditional access policies. When access is blocked, end users are provided a walkthrough by Lookout to help resolve the issue and regain access to company resources.
Seamlessly manage and secure fleets of mobile devices
The Lookout and Microsoft EMS solution can be rapidly delivered to large fleets of enterprise mobile devices. The combined solution allows for seamless deployment and management of the Lookout client app via Microsoft Intune, provides integrated policy management for users and groups, and offers single sign-on for both end users and administrators via Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
Several early access customers, including a large insurance company, a major healthcare provider, and a top public accounting and business advisory firm, were given the opportunity to test the integration over the last several weeks, before it became generally available. The companies are also in the process of onboarding a number of Microsoft channel partners.
