Blue Cedar announced the availability of the Blue Cedar Accelerator for
Microsoft, which eases the integration of Microsoft Intune App
Protection Policy security controls, now part of Microsoft's Endpoint
Manager solution, into enterprise-authored and other corporate mobile
apps. Microsoft Intune enables enterprises to remotely manage a diverse
mobile ecosystem of devices and applications, while ensuring the highest
level of security and compliance.
With
the Microsoft Accelerator, enterprise DevOps teams can reduce the time
needed to integrate Intune protection and security controls into mobile
applications by an average of five weeks - not only for the original
release of the application, but also for every version update over the
life of the app. Beyond simplifying the Microsoft security integration
process, the Blue Cedar Accelerator for Microsoft allows organizations
to access protected networks or applications through a secure in-app
VPN, via any IKEv2 gateway, including the Blue Cedar Connect Gateway.
This in-app VPN client eliminates the need for coding, or for end-user
VPN app or client configuration. For an end user, securely accessing a
network-protected resource from an Intune-managed app is as simple as
tapping the app.
Developed
together with Microsoft, the Blue Cedar Accelerator for Microsoft
allows Microsoft 365 customers to securely expand their mobile
initiatives with trusted technology, including Microsoft Intune app
protection and security controls and a single sign-on (SSO) experience,
without requiring device enrollment or manual coding.
"Blue
Cedar's innovative technology provides Microsoft's enterprise customers
with strong integration of Microsoft Intune app security controls,"
said Peter Orenberg, Principal Program Management Lead at Microsoft.
"With Blue Cedar's no code integration, enterprise customers are able to
easily extend the scope of Intune-managed mobile apps to encompass
critical line of business apps that drive the highest value business
outcomes."
The
Blue Cedar Accelerator for Microsoft allows developers to spend more
time focused on application innovation instead of integrating security.
It does so by building on the native capabilities of Intune in two ways:
it speeds the integration and maintenance of Intune App Protection
Policy security control updates into the mobile app landscape, and it
provides the means for Intune-managed mobile apps to securely connect to
network-protected data and application services.
"Integrating
security into mobile applications is complex and tedious, and it
distracts developers from their key role in delivering innovation," said
John Aisien, CEO of Blue Cedar. "By decreasing time spent on
integration of Microsoft security controls, organizations will be able
to speed mobile app adoption, while benefiting from Microsoft's proven
security. We're proud to work with Microsoft to deliver these solution
enhancers that advance the adoption of Intune and power large
organizations' business-critical mobile initiatives."