Samsung KNOX 2.0

The South Korean company Samsung has wasted no time after the announcement by Google about the purchase of the Divide application And the thing is that the Koreans have been working for some time on a solution with similar features for companies and users who want to carry all their content in the same terminal, joining but not mixing the personal and work aspect in a single device. Something that has been called Bring Your Own Device (carry your own device in Spanish).

In this way, it announces the availability of KNOX 2.0 for users who own a Samsung Galaxy S5, an updated version of this service that divides contents and aspects of the same terminal so as not to have to use two. And it is that KNOX 2.0 has interesting novelties that enhance the possibilities that presented the previous version , being the perfect tool for IT departments of companies without losing privacy or possibilities in terms of leisure and personal aspects of the user's terminal.

This new version of KNOX comes via a simple update of the operating system that will be notified to the users. After the process, which can be performed OTA (no need to connect the device to the computer using KIES ) With a good Internet connection and more than 80 percent battery, users of the Samsung Galaxy S5 will already have KNOX 2.0 and all its news. A container to protect content, applications and tools for business or work, and now it has other interesting additions.

Thus, the container and features previously known to be present in the previous version are now called KNOX Workspace, having all the security barriers necessary to safeguard all content. But this version 2.0 has added new plugins. KNOX EMM offers mobile control from the cloud, especially useful for IT departments of companies companies that want to control and identify the user who accesses the contents of the professional part of the mobile.

Another point is KNOX Marketplace, a store available during 24 hours a day for small and medium-sized businesses that need to use or expand the service KNOXSpace aimed at collecting exclusive applications for use by this private or professional part of the terminal with all kinds of useful tools for productivity, communication, security, etc. All this without losing sight of the possibility of accessing Samsung Apps and Google Play to install tools compatible with this container. Finally there is KNOX Customization An innovative way to create customized B2B solutions with existing hardware for provide SDK or Binary System integrators.

To all this we must add a latest generation security platform with all kinds of controls that seek to protect the terminal from its core to the applications and contents used in KNOX Hence this version 2.0 features measures and technologies such as TrustZone-Protected Certificate Management, KNOX Key Store, Real-Time Protection for System Integrity, TrustZone-Protected ODE, Two-Factor Biometric Authentication and the improved KNOX Generic Framework

Without a doubt, something that users who are more concerned about using the same terminal for work and their personal lives will like. In addition, Samsung has announced that, in the coming months, this KNOX version 2.0 will also Coming to more devices in the Samsung Galaxy range through updates.