Mobile Active Defense and STG Security Launch Exclusive South Korean Mobile Security Venture

ATLANTA, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile Active Defense, The Smartphone Security Company, will be making available a South Korean localized version of its award-winning Mobile Enterprise Compliance Security MECS Solution in partnership with Seoul-based STG Security, Inc.

STG Security, Inc. is one of only seven companies who have passed the rigorous screening necessary required to become certified to provide professional security consulting services into public entities such as telecommunications, finance, other utilities and government agencies.

Ik Sang Do, CEO of STG Security, said, "Our partnership with Mobile Active Defense is a very significant event for STG Security. We are bringing their unequaled mobile security technology to South Korean enterprises to meet the demands of our customers. They want the new smart devices security, and Mobile Active Defense is the only company that passed our requirements."

STG Security has been providing certified security services since 2000 to top domestic enterprises.  

"I am delighted and honored to be working with a company of STG Security's pedigree," said Winn Schwartau, Chairman of Mobile Active Defense. "Being certified as Professional Security Company by the South Korean Government is a major achievement."

"Enterprise Mobility is exploding globally and the necessity to truly secure these devices from a security, compliance and legal perspective has never been greater. M.A.D. has developed the technology to truly secure mobile devices on all levels, beyond merely addressing MDM and sandboxing," he concluded.

Ik Sang Do, CEO of STG Security: "South Korean Enterprises have been experiencing the proliferation of mobile devices in their infrastructures along the same scale as their global counterparts in the United States, UK and the EU nations. The demand for stringent and comprehensive security of those devices has seen a rapid increase that needed to be addressed."

The Mobile Enterprise Compliance and Security (MECS) server implements stringent controls that can not be defeated by the employee, and is locked down to the degree required by organizations, especially those that are under compliance regulatory mandates. MECS extends existing enterprise and network security policies across mobile platforms with complete encryption, Geo-Location and granular firewall controls, a suite of anti-virus, malware, content filtering, device management tools and recently added Application Access Control (AAC). Extending beyond the white/blacklisting of applications to actually monitor how applications behave and remediate if they should behave badly.

About STG Security, Inc.:

STG Security provides security services since March 2000 and is located in Seoul, Korea. STG's major stock holder is STG Inc., based in Reston, Virginia, with over 1300 employees and revenues in excess of $220 Million. http://www.stgsecurity.com

About Mobile Active Defense:

M.A.D. provides the MECS Solution globally to Enterprises and Government Agencies to secure smartphones and tablet devices to the utmost and stringent security and compliance standards available in the industry today.

The award-winning Mobile Active Defense MECS Server Solution is the flagship product made by M.A.D. Partners, The Smartphone Security Company. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA and with offices in San Jose, CA, London, England and Mainz, Germany, the core team has almost 200 years combined experience in security hardware and software product design and development, marketing, sales and support. http://www.mobileactivedefense.com/

For more information contact: Jackie Baumann ([email protected]) or 941-266-3819

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SOURCE M.A.D. Partners, LLC