Smartphones and tablets have become full-fledged work tools – with access to email, documents, business applications, and customer data. At the same time, they remain one of the least protected elements of the IT infrastructure. Check Point Harmony Mobile is a Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) solution that closes this gap, protecting employees’ mobile devices against the full spectrum of cyber threats. Below we introduce the manufacturer and explain in detail how Harmony Mobile works and what your organisation gains by deploying it.
Check Point – a manufacturer with over 30 years of experience in cybersecurity
Check Point Software Technologies is one of the largest and most recognised providers of cybersecurity solutions in the world. The company was founded in 1993 in Israel by Gil Shwed, Marius Nacht, and Shlomo Kramer, and its headquarters are located in Tel Aviv. The company’s shares are listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange (CHKP).
It was Check Point that developed and commercialised stateful inspection technology, which became the foundation of the company’s first product – the FireWall-1 firewall (1994) – and permanently changed the way network security is designed. Since then, the company has consistently expanded its portfolio, today covering network, cloud, and endpoint security, as well as the protection of users and their devices.
Today, Check Point solutions protect more than 100,000 organisations worldwide – from small businesses to governments and Fortune 500 corporations. At the heart of the ecosystem is the Check Point Infinity platform, while the offering for users and their devices is the Check Point Harmony suite – the industry’s first unified security solution for users, devices, and access. Harmony Mobile is an integral part of it, responsible for protecting mobile devices.
What is Check Point Harmony Mobile?
Check Point Harmony Mobile is a market-leading Mobile Threat Defense solution that secures corporate smartphones and tablets running iOS and Android against advanced threats. Unlike MDM/UEM systems, which are used to manage devices and enforce policies, Harmony Mobile actively detects and blocks attacks in real time – across four key vectors: applications, files, network, and operating system.
The solution is designed to protect the device without negatively affecting the user’s experience or privacy. When Harmony Mobile detects an attack, it automatically blocks the compromised device from accessing corporate applications and data and remediates the threat – without any action required from the user and regardless of the device management platform.
How does Harmony Mobile work? Protection across four attack vectors
The effectiveness of Harmony Mobile is based on the AI-powered threat intelligence database Check Point ThreatCloud AI – one of the largest threat intelligence databases in the world, updated in real time with data from tens of thousands of security gateways, millions of endpoints, and research by the Check Point Research team. It is ThreatCloud that ensures a high detection rate of known and unknown threats with a minimal number of false positives.
1. Application and file protection
Harmony Mobile detects and blocks the download of malicious applications and files in real time, before they reach the device. To do this, it uses the proprietary Behavioral Risk Engine, which runs applications in a cloud-based sandbox environment and analyses their behaviour, combining machine learning, static code analysis, anomaly detection, and app reputation. Malicious files – such as PDFs, images, or spreadsheets – are blocked at the download stage, and on Android devices it is also possible to scan storage for threats already present.
2. Network protection (On-device Network Protection)
The unique On-device Network Protection infrastructure extends Check Point’s advanced network technologies to mobile devices, protecting them on any network – corporate, home, or public. It includes, among others:
- Anti-Phishing with Zero-Phishing – blocking phishing attacks across all apps, including on new, previously unknown sites (also those using SSL).
- Safe Browsing – blocking access to malicious websites in any mobile browser.
- Man-in-the-Middle attack detection – identifying techniques such as ARP spoofing, fake access points (Evil Twin), and SSL stripping.
- Anti-Bot and Protected DNS – detecting communication with botnet C&C servers and controlling DNS queries.
3. Operating system and device protection
Harmony Mobile performs continuous device risk assessment, detecting operating system vulnerabilities (CVE), jailbreaking and rooting attempts, and configurations that lower the security level. This gives the organisation confidence that only devices meeting the required security standards have access to corporate resources.
4. Protection against mobile phishing (including smishing)
Phishing on mobile devices takes many forms – from classic emails, through fake login screens, to text messages (smishing) and instant messengers. Harmony Mobile applies a multi-layered, AI-based approach that scans pages and links in the browser, emails, and messages, blocking credential theft attempts – even for new, previously unknown sites.
Benefits of deploying Check Point Harmony Mobile
- Complete protection across all attack vectors – applications, files, network, and operating system in a single solution.
- High detection effectiveness – threat analysis based on ThreatCloud AI covers both known and zero-day threats.
- Automated response – detected threats are remediated on the device without user involvement.
- No impact on user experience or privacy – the solution protects corporate data without compromising employee privacy.
- Full visibility – a cloud-based management dashboard provides real-time insight into the risk of the entire mobile fleet.
- Support for regulatory compliance – helps meet the requirements of GDPR, NIS2, and DORA regarding the protection of data on mobile devices.
Deployment and integration with your existing environment
Harmony Mobile is designed for fast, zero-touch deployment. The zero-touch deployment mechanism allows you to extend protection from single devices to tens of thousands, and the solution scales to the needs of a mobile workforce of any size.
Harmony Mobile integrates seamlessly with popular device management platforms (MDM/UEM), including Microsoft Intune and other UEM systems. The Harmony Mobile Protect app collects telemetry from the device (file system, network stack, application data) and sends it to the Check Point cloud to assess risk. On this basis, you can enforce Conditional Access – blocking non-compliant devices from accessing corporate resources, such as email or files, until the threat is resolved.
Who is Harmony Mobile for?
The solution is suitable for any organisation where employees use mobile devices for business purposes – regardless of the model (corporate devices, BYOD, or a mixed approach). Companies in regulated sectors (finance, healthcare, public administration), remote and field teams, and organisations processing sensitive or confidential data will benefit in particular.
Why deploy Harmony Mobile with Softinet?
As an integrator of IT and OT solutions, we support organisations at every stage – from needs analysis and licence selection, through deployment and integration with your existing MDM/UEM environment, to security policy configuration and post-deployment support. We help you take full advantage of Check Point Harmony Mobile and effectively protect your entire fleet of corporate mobile devices.