Mobile devices have fundamentally transformed operations across all sectors, including highly sensitive fields such as law enforcement, government agencies, and healthcare. Organizations in these domains must ensure that personnelhave immediate access to critical information in the field while maintaining absolute data security and regulatory compliance. To achieve this, many organizations rely exclusively on Mobile Device Management solutions. While these management platforms provide essential controls over device deployment and user policies, relying solely on them leaves significant security vulnerabilities. True data protection requires an additional layer of security specifically designed to isolate and encrypt sensitive information.
Understanding the Limits of Operating System Security
Mobile Device Management systems operate primarily at the operating system level. They excel at enforcing device policies, deploying applications in bulk, and managing software updates across a large fleet of hardware. However, this architectural design presents a fundamental vulnerability in high threat environments. If a malicious actor successfully compromises the underlying operating system through a zero day exploit, a targeted attack, or advanced malware, the management security protocols are effectively bypassed.
Once the operating system is breached, all data stored natively on the device becomes fully accessible to the attacker. For police departments and government entities handling classified or highly sensitive data, this risk is completely unacceptable. Furthermore, many widely used Mobile Device Management platforms lack native secure container solutions. They manage the hardware but do not actively separate corporate data from personal data. They also fail to shield critical data from compromised consumer applications running concurrently on the same operating system. Unless an organization independently implements a separate Data Loss Prevention system with robust encryption, sensitive information remains continuously exposed to potential data extraction and unauthorized surveillance.
The Power of Advanced Containerization with MailZen
To achieve comprehensive security, organizations must separate the management of the physical device from the active security of the data itself. This is exactly where MailZen provides a critical advantage for enterprise and government clients. MailZen functions as a fully encrypted, isolated container located directly on the mobile device. It operates independently of the underlying device operating system, ensuring that corporate communications, sensitive files, internal intranets, and proprietary applications remain entirely segregated from the rest of the mobile environment.
MailZen utilizes a dedicated secure encryption key architecture that operates independently from the native device encryption. This means that even in a worst case scenario where the device operating system is completely compromised by external actors, the data within the MailZen workspace remains entirely protected and strictlyinaccessible to unauthorized users. The container requires separate authentication and acts as an impenetrable digital vault for sensitive organizational data. By maintaining all critical data within this secure perimeter, MailZen effectively neutralizes the threat of operating system level security breaches.
Creating a Unified Security Strategy
The most effective security posture does not force an organization to choose between a management platform and a secure container solution. Instead, the highest level of security and operational efficiency is achieved when these two technologies work in tandem. A management platform streamlines the initial deployment of hardware, handles remote wiping capabilities if a physical device is lost or stolen, and enforces overarching hardware policies. Concurrently,MailZen acts as the secure vault within that managed device, guaranteeing that all sensitive communications and data remain encrypted and isolated from external threats.
This dual technology approach significantly simplifies deployment for IT departments while dramatically elevating the overall data protection standard. Administrators can efficiently provision devices using their management tool ofchoice, knowing with absolute certainty that the actual data payload is secured by MailZen. This strategy is particularlycrucial for law enforcement and defense organizations, where the integrity and confidentiality of operational information is paramount.
Partnering for Maximum Protection
Soliton Systems recognizes the critical importance of this integrated security approach. We provide MailZen to ensureuncompromising data security for our clients worldwide. To offer a complete and
highly efficient deployment strategy, we also proudly resell Relution. Relution is a highly respected Mobile Device Management solution developed in Germany, renowned for its adherence to strict data privacy standards and robust architecture. Deploying Relution alongside MailZen provides organizations with a seamless, highly secure mobile infrastructure that expertly protects both the physical device and the critical operational data it contains.
