Centrify, a provider of centrally-controlled security and compliance solutions and maker of Active Directory, announced the general availability of Centrify DirectControl for Mobile. The cloud-based service addresses BYOD (bring your own device) issues by allowing enterprises to secure and manage smart phones and tablets, such as iPads and Android devices, using existing Active Directory infrastructure and processes. The company also announced the general availability of Centrify Express for Mobile, a free mobile security service for Android and Apple devices without a limit on the number of devices supported.

Both DirectControl for Mobile and Centrify Express for Mobile, according to the press release, provide integration with a customer’s on-premise Active Directory (AD) infrastructure and Group Policy-based management tools to update and enforce mobile security settings. The solution enables administrators to assign devices to users and manage the associated properties and settings for each device. When used with Centrify’s leading DirectControl for Mac OS X offering, organizations can acquire control over authentication and security policy enforcement for Apple products in their environment without deploying a new infrastructure and dealing with another management console.

According to Centrify, the features of both new mobile offerings include:

Last June, Talkin’ Cloud covered Centrify’s move to put its Active Directory management in the cloud, which we viewed as a positive step for VAR’s and resellers.

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