Apple has designed IOS to be secure from the ground up and to be simple, intuitive, and powerful for users. By using Iphones and Ipads with IOS 11 and Cisco Security Connector, customers can view and control network activity and gain insight into traffic generated by users, applications and devices.

According to the company, several key Cisco customers have trialled the Cisco Security Connector app and reported benefits such as improved visibility, as the app helped them to ensure compliance of mobile users and their enterprise-owned IOS devices during incident investigations by rapidly identifying what happened, whom it affected, and the risk exposure.

They also said that there was better control in term of providing user protection against connecting to malicious sites on the Internet, whether on the corporate network, public Wifi, or cellular networks.  And there appeared to be zero negative impact to employees’ mobile experiences.

Workers and organisations are embracing the mobile workplace, with according to some reports, more than 70 percent of organisations providing enterprise-issued tablets and smartphones. Organisations require visibility into what is happening with the corporate data on their devices to meet risk and compliance needs.

Cisco has developed the Cisco Security Connector app on IOS 11 to offer organisations fine-grained visibility into network access on enterprise-supervised IOS devices. It offers security functionality from Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Clarity in a single app. It can be deployed on enterprise-supervised IOS devices using a mobile device management (MDM) solution such as the Cisco Meraki Systems Manager.

“Ransomware and malware are spreading across the Internet and increasingly targeting mobile devices. Together with Apple, we are helping enterprises become the most connected, collaborative, and secure businesses in the world,” said David Ulevitch, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Security Business Group. “With this app, we want to provide businesses with tools to meet their security, risk, and compliance requirements.”