TD SYNNEX Launches New Managed Security Solution for Mobile Devices

Available via a monthly subscription, the solution helps businesses to address the cybersecurity risks posed by the increasing trend of employees using personally owned devices to access privileged company systems, information and applications – a concept known as Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD). Delivered and managed by TD SYNNEX, the cloud-based solution is designed to help SMB customers accelerate their endpoint security offerings without investing in in-house specialist cybersecurity skills and resources.

The new mobility security solution is the latest addition to TD SYNNEX’s RECON Security Suite, which offers a targeted and simplified range of multi-vendor subscription and consultation-based security solutions that protect against the most common cybersecurity threats. It will initially be available in The Netherlands, France, Sweden, Italy and UK. and will be rolled out to the rest of TD SYNNEX’s European footprint in the coming months.

David Ellis, vice president, Security Solutions, Europe, at TD SYNNEX, said, “The growing use of personal devices for business means that our IT channel partners are seeing increasing demand for robust and reliable mobile security solutions to address the risks of BYOD. With this new solution, TD SYNNEX has brought together the strength of IBM and the specialist knowledge of Lookout to offer a scalable and highly affordable subscription-based solution to protect against cybersecurity risks.”

Anthony Aurigemma, Vice President, IBM Security, Europe, said, “IBM is delighted to be working with TD SYNNEX, our pan-European value-added distributor and embedded solutions agreement partner, on this important mobile security solution. TD SYNNEX’s managed services offering complements our technology solution to drive successful deployments in the European market. IBM’s MaaS360 with Watson delivers best-in-class cloud-based unified endpoint management together with AI and identity and access management. This is enabling our clients to protect their organisations in the battle against cyber threats.”

Jamie Andrews, EMEA partner director, at Lookout, said, “We are very excited to be a part of TD SYNNEX’s managed mobility security solution. We are seeing increasing customer demand for security on mobile devices in a perimeter-less, cloud-delivered, and privacy-focused world. TD SYNNEX’s managed service enables organizations to access the internet and corporate data, based on a continuous assessment of the risks.”

IBM was recently named a leader in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management Tools.

For more information on TD SYNNEX’s Security and Mobility offering, contact tdas_software.be@tdsynnex.com.