Lookout partners with Google to deliver Zero Trust and BeyondCorp vision for mobile devices
One of the most widely-used cloud productivity platforms is Google Workspace, formerly known as Google G Suite. No matter what device you use, you are one browser away from collaborating with anyone and from anywhere. Many organizations, including here at Lookout, have integrated Google Workspace into our workflow to the point that its rich digital collaboration capabilities are essential to every employee’s daily routine.
With such a global reliance on Android and iOS devices, security teams are rethinking the way they secure their organizations. Productivity apps enable your employees to work productively outside the office, but this renders your perimeter-based security obsolete. The notion of the security perimeter needs to be extended to every endpoint, including those running Android, Chrome OS and iOS. You need a modern approach that delivers a zero-trust strategy by only permitting data access from mobile devices considered healthy enough through continuous assessment of risk.
The modern workplace requires a modern approach
One of the challenges organizations need to overcome is the way all of us think about mobile devices – specifically, the inherent trust we place in them. We use them all the time and carry them with us everywhere we go, regardless of whether they are work-issued or personal devices. It’s this false sense of security that leads to corporate data leaks and breaches.
So what does this all mean? I mentioned earlier that securing mobile devices with access to corporate data requires a modern approach beyond what more traditional security tools offer. A key part of this modern approach is being able to control access to corporate data based on the continuous assessment of a mobile device’s risk level. If someone’s tablet has a risk level that is not acceptable to your organization, you can turn off its access to your corporate cloud data. To meet this requirement, Lookout delivered Continuous Conditional Access (CCA) in early 2019.
