Trend Micro Mobile Security Academic
Trend Micro Mobile Security Academic provides essential protection for mobile devices across your educational institution, safeguarding sensitive data for up to 500 users over a 2-year term.
- Extended Coverage: Benefit from 2 years of continuous mobile security protection for your academic users.
- User Protection: Safeguard devices used by students, faculty, and staff against mobile threats.
- Data Security: Ensure sensitive institutional and personal data remains protected on mobile endpoints.
- Compliance Support: Maintain a secure mobile environment that aligns with educational data privacy standards.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Trend Micro Mobile Security Academic is a cloud-based cybersecurity solution designed to protect mobile devices within educational institutions. It offers advanced threat detection, data loss prevention, and device management capabilities to secure smartphones and tablets used for academic purposes.
This solution is ideal for academic administrators, IT managers, and department heads at universities, colleges, and K-12 school districts. It integrates into existing IT infrastructures, providing a critical layer of security for the growing number of mobile devices accessing institutional resources.
- Advanced Threat Defense: Detects and blocks malware, phishing attempts, and other mobile-specific threats.
- Data Loss Prevention: Implements policies to prevent sensitive academic or personal data from leaving managed devices.
- Device Management: Offers tools for remote device wipe, password enforcement, and application control.
- User-Centric Security: Protects individual users and their devices without hindering productivity.
- Scalable Licensing: Tailored for academic environments with user counts ranging from 251 to 500.
Secure your academic institution's mobile fleet with Trend Micro's specialized protection, offering peace of mind for IT teams and users alike.
What This Solves
Enable secure mobile access to academic resources
Enable IT teams to provide secure mobile access to learning management systems, student portals, and administrative applications. Streamline the deployment of security policies across a diverse range of student and staff mobile devices.
educational institutions, BYOD environments, remote learning initiatives, hybrid work models
Protect sensitive student and research data
Protect sensitive student records, research data, and personally identifiable information stored on or accessed via mobile devices. Automate the enforcement of data loss prevention policies to prevent unauthorized data exfiltration.
research universities, data-intensive programs, compliance-focused departments, secure data handling
Manage and secure a large fleet of mobile devices
Streamline the management of mobile device security for a user base of 251 to 500 individuals. Automate threat detection and response to minimize the impact of mobile security incidents.
campus-wide deployments, multi-departmental IT management, centralized security operations
Key Features
Mobile Threat Defense
Detects and blocks malware, ransomware, and other mobile threats to prevent device compromise.
Web Threat Protection
Safeguards users from malicious websites and phishing attempts accessed via mobile browsers.
Application Security
Identifies risky applications and enforces policies to prevent their use on managed devices.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Prevents sensitive information from being copied, pasted, or shared inappropriately from mobile devices.
Device Management & Control
Enables IT to enforce security policies, remotely wipe lost or stolen devices, and manage device settings.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Specifically designed for academic environments, this solution addresses the unique needs of educational institutions in protecting student data, research, and campus resources accessed via mobile devices, aligning with FERPA and other privacy standards.
Government & Public Sector
Public sector educational bodies require stringent security for sensitive citizen and operational data. This solution provides a managed approach to mobile security, aiding in compliance and risk reduction for government-funded schools and universities.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
While primarily for education, healthcare institutions also handle sensitive patient data on mobile devices. This solution's DLP and threat protection capabilities can be adapted to secure mobile access to EMRs and patient information, supporting HIPAA compliance.
Legal & Professional Services
Firms in legal and professional services handle highly confidential client information. Securing mobile devices used by staff to access case files or client data is critical for maintaining client trust and adhering to professional conduct rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of mobile devices does Trend Micro Mobile Security support?
This solution typically supports a wide range of iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, covering the most common devices used by students and staff.
How is this licensed for an academic institution?
The license is based on the number of users within the academic institution, with this specific offering covering 251 to 500 users for a 2-year period.
Can this solution help with compliance requirements like FERPA?
Yes, by securing mobile devices and protecting sensitive data, it helps academic institutions meet compliance obligations related to student and staff information privacy.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.