SlashNext Mobile Security Review | PCMag
You can install and maintain the best antivirus tool in the world, one that fends off every possible attack by data-stealing Trojans and other types of malware. However, that malware protection won’t help when the target of the attack is you, the user. If fraudsters can trick you into entering your username and password on a fake site, they own your account, with much less effort than getting the same information using malware. SlashNext Mobile Security exists to save you from making that kind of mistake and help you understand what happened. It proved effective in testing, but its price is just too high unless your employer is paying for it. Bitdefender AntiVirus Plus is our top choice for antivirus software, getting a perfect five-star rating.
The SlashNext Mobile Story
SlashNext primarily tends to the needs of enterprise customers, with company-wide protection against phishing, spear-phishing, and other exploits. The IT department can push SlashNext Business out to every company-owned phone, with nothing required of the user. If employees accidentally break security by responding to a malicious text message or visiting a fraudulent site, the app steps in. And administration can precisely track the app’s activity on every company phone.
But that level of control isn’t right for every business, according to Jimmy Lin, senior director of product management for SlashNext. In most businesses, company phones are a thing of the past. Instead, they rely on BYOD (bring your own device), letting employees use their personal phones on the company network. Management might take precautions such as requiring use of the company VPN for accessing sensitive data, but they also must deal with pushback from employees over too-stringent rules and too much oversight.
Employees especially don’t want the IT department recording every fake website they accidentally try to visit. To address this problem, Lin explained, the company developed a Personal edition, still managed by the company to an extent, but without incident recording.
Even that level of Big Brother oversight proved too much in some cases, so SlashNext took another step toward personalization, creating SlashNext Mobile Security….
