2010 saw a massive increase in mobile vulnerabilities, the first mobile botnet, malicious Android apps, and a mobile Zeus variant, and these events have businesses and consumers on edge. The mobile security client software market is forecast to have a 40% CAGR from 2010 to 2015.
High powered mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have become increasingly common and in many cases are supplementing or replacing PCs as a favored means of browsing the Internet. Users are therefore being exposed to the same undesirable content prevalent on other platforms as well as newly created threats, specific to mobile devices.
Commtouch’s GlobalView URL Filtering (URLF) for mobile responds to the growing need for URL filtering functionality on mobile devices to provide applications such as Web security, parental control and enterprise compliance. GlobalView URLF is a next generation URLF solution that effectively leverages Commtouch’s cloud-based GlobalView Network to provide the broadest coverage and most accurate categorization available.
By taking full advantage of the resources available in the cloud, GlobalView URLF is able to accurately index hundreds of millions of sites into 64 categories including highly granular categorizations of dynamic Web 2.0 environments.
The GlobalView URLF SDK is a good fit for the limited resources of mobile devices, providing a local URLF Engine and cache that occupy a very small footprint. The intelligent local URLF Engine builds differentiated, relevant local databases within every mobile device, allowing maximum coverage and including “long tail” URLs.
Commtouch together with its global network of Security Alliance partners provides timely, detailed URL security information to protect users from real-time threats such as malware, phishing, and spam sites among others. Commtouch’s security data is further enhanced by intelligence-sharing between Commtouch’s Messaging Security, Web Security and Command Antivirus services.
GlobalView URL Filtering categorizes user URL requests in the following manner:
Once integration is completed, the mobile application or device can offer:
URLF applications can be deployed by various manufacturers and developers on a range of platforms:
