For McAfee,
the
acquisition of WaveSecure could not have come at a better time than
now, as the telecom majors in India are all set to launch 3G by the
year end, which is likely to result into heavy demands of smartphones
and mobile devices. The company acquired
privately owned tenCube, the provider of WaveSecure, a couple of
months back. With this acquisition of a mobile security company,
McAfee has added a key element of mobile security to its existing
range of security product portfolio – both consumer and enterprise
products and solutions. According to Venkat
Krishnapur, Senior Director-Engineering, McAfee India, the company
is in the process of replicating its security technology for
smartphones and mobile devices.
“At present, mobile
security is available for iPhones; however, as part of the roadmap we
are replicating mobile security for smartphones, tablets and other
smart devices,” Krishnapur told CyberMedia News on sidelines of a
press conference held in Mumbai recently. “WaveSecure's
acquisition will help us to tap the potential of mobile security
market in India. With 3G coming here, there will be an explosion of
smartphones and devices and will throw a huge opportunity for
security technology for smart devices,” he said. According to
Krishnapur,
the WaveSecure mobile security is extremely powerful, as it
safeguards against mobile thefts, alerts the user in case of SIM card
removal, data transfer such as contacts and phone book and also can
track the location, if the mobile is lost. “Indian users can
download the WaveSecure mobile security for mobile devices from
McAfee's website by paying around US 10 dollars fee,” Krishnapur
concluded.