DHS Aims to Turn Mobile Devices into No Phishing Zones

guest · Jul 7, 2018

DHS Aims to Turn Mobile Devices into No Phishing Zones
The Homeland Security Department and 16 other agencies are upgrading their mobile device security.
July 6, 2018
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecuri...vices-no-phishing-zones/149522/?oref=rf-river

Phishing attacks remain the bane of information security specialists and missions across government, and as they advance in sophistication, the Homeland Security Department is attempting to better protect against them.

This week, DHS’ Science & Technology Directorate announced it will make use of an update to San Francisco-based Lookout, Inc.’s Mobile Endpoint Security platform. The update was funded in part by a series of cutting-edge mobile security contracts DHS S&T funded last September.

“These new capabilities will alert device users, mobile enterprise administrators and security personnel to a wide range of mobile threats and allow them to remediate those threats and protect sensitive data from being compromised through mobile devices.”

“Phishing is still the number one way to attack any endpoint, so to have anti-phishing capability on mobile device is key for the government,” Bob Stevens, vice president of Lookout’s public sector business, told Nextgov.
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