Juniper brings security software to Samsung devices

Juniper Networks' suite of mobile security and device management tools is coming to three Samsung Electronics devices, marking the first time the company has provided its SSL VPN software for Google's Android OS.

Juniper is making its Junos Pulse and Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite software available for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Note tablets and the Galaxy SII smartphone, the companies said Monday. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy SII are available now, and the Galaxy Note was introduced in Europe on Monday and is coming later to the U.S.

Juniper's client software can be downloaded free of charge, and the back end to control it is a SaaS (software-as-a-service) offering that is expected to come from service providers as well as from Juniper. Junos Pulse can be used to set up an SSL VPN (Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network) for secure access to corporate applications and content from mobile devices. Juniper claims it is the first SSL VPN system that has been offered for Android. Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite incorporates several other features for managing enterprise mobile platforms, including antivirus and anti-malware, Internet address filtering, and remote wiping of data from a lost or stolen client. Junos Pulse and the suite are already available for Apple's iOS and for BlackBerries.