Vodafone to Offer Security VAS with BAE Systems

   

Vodafone will offer large enterprises a new, network-based, Value-added security service with BAE Systems-Detica (here)technology. 

 
The two announced the ".. formation of a strategic five-year partnership to provide businesses with a range of advanced communications security products and services, initially focused on smartphones and tablets .. The formation of the partnership is part of BAE Systems' continued commitment to grow its cyber and security arm, BAE Systems Detica, in areas such as the communications technology market".

"The first commercial element of the strategic partnership between Vodafone and BAE Systems will be a new cloud-based mobile security solution, Vodafone Mobile Threat Manager, to be brought to market in Spring 2013 and initially available to Vodafone's largest 1,500 global enterprise customers. Vodafone Mobile Threat Manager works across all networks, scanning traffic to and from a company's mobile devices in order to safeguard against malicious attacks and block inappropriate content, without impacting on device performance"

See "Vodafone and BAE Systems Form Strategic Security and Mobile Partnership" - here.