Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for Android is finally available to download via Google Play Store. The app that is currently in preview claims to help safeguard enterprise customers against various cybersecurity threats on Android.
Download Microsoft Defender ATP for Android
The Play Store description of the app reads:
“Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) helps enterprise users stay protected from cyber security threats such as malicious apps, dangerous web sites that may try to steal information from them.”
“It is also a platform that allows Security Operations teams to prevent, detect and investigate cyber security incidents in the enterprise.”
Microsoft Defender ATP for Android targets enterprise customers with valid Microsoft 365 E5 license assigned to them.
Features for Microsoft Defender ATP for Android
- Warns users malicious, potentially unwanted apps and APKs
- Allows users to check if app or APK installed is clean
- Blocks malicious web pages
- Blocks background connections from apps
- Admins can create custom indicators for web protection
- Enables Conditional Access integration based on device risk level with Intune
- Blocks devices from accessing corporate resources such as emails.
Microsoft Defender ATP for Android seeks permissions to access
- Photos/Media/Files
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- Storage
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
- Wi-Fi connection information
- view Wi-Fi connections
- Other
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- receive data from Internet
- run at startup
- view network connections
- draw over other apps
- full network access
- prevent device from sleeping
In June, announced the public preview of its antivirus app for Android. Microsoft Defender ATP is a security platform for Enterprise. Available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, it is now also available for Android devices.
Smartphone threats continue to increase these days and given the fact that employees access company data from their smartphones, it poses certain risks to the safety of company data. Microsoft Defender ATP for Android includes web protection, malware scanning, and more.
