BES12 version 12.4 offers unified enrollment with Good products to bring together the world’s leading MDM solution and the world’s leading secure mobile application platform. Now users only have to enroll once to take advantage of both capabilities, dramatically improving user experience. Now enterprise IT departments no longer have to choose between multi-level security protections and user experience.
When we told you in early November, on the day we completed our acquisition of Good Technology, that “we’ve to realize this powerful combination,” . This new integrated enrollment is an example of the value this acquisition is . Not only will you be able to securely manage smartphones, tablets and notebooks in a single EMM solution, our upgrades to , and several apps make BlackBerry’s enterprise software portfolio the most comprehensive set of mobile security, management, productivity and collaboration tools available on the market.
Managing Apple iOS devices is a must for organizations that enable personally owned devices on enterprise networks. While BES12 already provides comprehensive mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) for iOS, version 12.4 now extends BlackBerry secure connectivity to iOS, providing a more secure option for enabling the native iOS experience.
The BlackBerry Secure Gateway Service allows iOS devices with MDM controls to connect to your work email server through the BlackBerry Infrastructure and BES12. With BlackBerry Secure Gateway Service, you don’t have to expose your mail server outside of the firewall for users to access work email when they aren’t connected to your organization’s VPN or work Wi-Fi network. Users gain the option of using a built-in email client, while IT benefits from secure connectivity to corporate mail servers without publicly exposing ActiveSync or requiring a DMZ component or changes to existing BES12 firewall rules.
And BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus for iOS gives Apple device users secure connections to work resources by providing a secure IP tunnel between apps and your organization’s network. BES12 version 12.4 enables iOS devices running iOS 9 or later to take advantage of the trusted single-port outbound-initiated secure connection model and the BlackBerry Global Network Infrastructure. You can allow all apps on iOS devices to use the secure tunnel, or you can specify apps using per-app VPN.
With options to deploy Good Dynamics container-based security on iOS, and BlackBerry Secure Gateway and Secure Connect Plus for securing the native iOS work experience, BlackBerry has you covered no matter what your deployment needs are for iOS.
BES12 version 12.4 adds new integration options, specifically with PKI and Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), to get more out of their existing authentication and network security investments.
If your organization uses OpenTrust software to provide PKI services, you can extend certificate-based authentication to the devices that you manage with BES12. You can configure a connection with OpenTrust PKI or OpenTrust CMS and use profiles to send the CA certificate and client certificates to devices.
Cisco ISE is network administration software that allows an organization to control whether devices can access the work network (for example, permitting or denying Wi-Fi or VPN connections). BES12 version 12.4 allows you to create a connection between Cisco ISE and BES12 so that Cisco ISE can retrieve data about the devices that are activated on BES12. It checks device data to determine whether devices comply with your organization’s access policies.
You can now manage Mac computers running OS X version 10.10 and later using BES12. This single console, single administrative experience for managing all devices – including iOS, Android, OS X, and Windows devices, desktops and wearables, whether corporate owned or BYOD – offers significant value to enterprises by making it easier for both users and IT to uphold device security.
Users can activate OS X devices using BES12 Self-Service, alleviating administrative burden on IT. Also, IT can assign profiles to users – including IT policies, work email, Wi-Fi, VPN, proxy, certificates and SCEP – and, in the event a device goes missing, send IT administration commands to lock the device or delete data on it.
With the new BES12, you’ll never have to choose between your employees’ productivity and your enterprise security. to get more detailed information about BES12 v12.4 And for a hands-on look, go to and sign up for a trial of BES12 today.