The BYOD movement is only going to gain in prominence as device manufacturers continue to deliver more powerful mobile devices, and individuals continue to bring their own smartphones and tablets to work.  Though this is good news for employees, this still poses a huge security problem for the enterprise.

IT administrators are up to their necks juggling mobile security solutions and infrastructure support to enable to BYOD movement, and there’s a slew of third party solutions looking to close the gap on IT and BYOD to smooth this rather abrupt transition into the mobile era.

So let’s look at some of the top mobile security solutions for the enterprise that would further drive the BYOD movement.

BYOD Security Solutions for the Enterprise

Centrify for Samsung KNOX

Samsung KNOX is the South Korean company’s mobile security offering for the enterprise.  It helps keep corporate files and emails secured.  Though the offering is already formidable, Samsung has boosted its mobile security offering with its partnership with Centrify Corporation, a leader in Unified Identity Services across data centers, cloud and mobile.

Centrify for Samsung KNOX will allow organizations to leverage Centrify’s cloud service to comprehensively manage Android users and devices and address security and management of enterprise mobility, application access, and BYOD and Corporate Owned Personally Enabled (COPE) challenges.

It will cover Samsung’s latest devices such as the Galaxy S4, Note 3 and Note 10.1 and will leverage the improved productivity benefits of “Zero Sign-On” access to rich mobile apps and cloud-based SaaS apps, while IT easily manages KNOX containers and the underlying devices using an infrastructure they already own — Microsoft Active Directory.

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Citrix BYOD Solutions

This is Citrix’s offering to the enterprise, which allows employees to used any personal device for office use.  It features a secured app store, file sharing between employees, support for collaboration between employees, Windows app and desktop virtualization, remote support, enterprise mobility management which allows ITs to remotely wipe data from stolen or lost devices, and  has a unified management framework that lets IT secure, control and optimize access to apps, desktops and services on any device.

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AirWatch

AirWatch supports all major smartphone, tablet and laptop platforms such as Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows Phone to deliver unprecedented device choice for BYOD.  AirWatch enables businesses to mitigate risks presented by BYOD users’ accessing corporate resources with its Custom Terms of Use agreement.

Companies can require employees to agree to the CTU to enable them to monitor which people are allowed accessed to corporate resources.  Employees’ personal data is also separated from corporate data through customizable privacy policies that can be based on device ownership type.  With the separation, even if the company performs a remote wipe on the employee-owned device, personal data will not be affected.

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ForeScout

ForeScout offers three levels of BYOD security to fit a range of budgets, but the main foundation of its mobile security offering is the ForeScout CounterACT, which is a network-based appliance that works on PCs and mobile devices.  It provides immediate, real-time visibility of every device on your network without the need for agents, software downloads, or enrollments to administer.

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Cisco BYOD Smart Solution

Cisco delivers a unified security policy as well as an optimized and managed experience for users with diverse device, security, and business requirements.  The core features of Cisco’s BYOD Smart Solution include policy-governed unified access infrastructure, efficient and seamless security, and simplified management.

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Lookout for Business

Lookout has been a formidable mobile security solution and is now branching out to deliver the same expertise for the enterprise and the BYOD trend.  Lookout recently teamed up with Samsung to deliver its mobile security solutions to mobile devices with Samsung KNOX.  It also announced that it has secured $55M in strategic financing led by Deutsche Telekom, with the participation of Qualcomm Ventures, Greylock Partners, Mithril Capital Management, as well as existing investors Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures.  The new round of funding will be used to expand internationally as well as to reach out to the enterprise.