As companies and government organizations are opening up access to sensitive data to a wider diversity of personal and corporate owned mobile devices, many are struggling to balance security with flexibility. It is imperative that they find ways to provide a level of control over Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) while not burdening end users with security that impairs productivity. Keeping this in mind, Juniper Networks has unveiled Junos Pulse AppConnect software development kit (SDK) that will enable per-application virtual private network (VPN) connectivity from both Apple iOS and Google Android devices to Juniper’s Junos Pulse Secure Access Service.
Junos Pulse AppConnect technology and SDK will offer per-application SSL VPN connections on both Android and Apple iOS mobile devices. With AppConnect, enterprises will have more granular control over access to corporate networks and applications, preserving the security and integrity of their data, network and resources end-to-end.
For users, with the use of AppConnect they no longer will need to launch a separate application to connect to the corporate network securely via VPN; Applications and application containers connect automatically to the private network.
“We believe the VPN market is undergoing a transition from securing devices to securing applications end-to-end. Juniper’s vision is that every user will securely and transparently access only authorized corporate data from any device (personal or company owned) through applications from anywhere. With AppConnect’s per-application VPN technology Juniper is taking significant steps toward realizing this vision,” said Tamir Hardof, Senior Director Security Product Marketing, Juniper Networks.
Junos Pulse AppConnect will be available by next week.
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