Jan Volzke is responsible for product management and strategy within McAfee's Mobile Security division. He joined McAfee in 2006 from Sony Ericsson, where he managed the product marketing for the world's first smartphone and imaging device categories across EMEA region.
Prior to the establishment of the Sony Ericsson joint venture, Jan spent several years at Ericsson working on product solution and business development activities around the introduction of 3G technologies and mobile applications. He has more than 15 years of experience in mobile and telecom industry.
He is a frequent speaker on mobile security subjects and contributed to numerous articles in the Wall Street Journal, AP, Reuters, CNN, US Today, BusinessWeek, ZDNet, AFP, TT and GSMA events.
McAfee’s latest mobile app protects users against device and data loss, mobile viruses or spyware and offers real time web protection against mobile phishing links and risky sites. McAfee Mobile Security runs on Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile. A free 7-day trial is available for download at all major app stores or http://www.McAfeeMobileSecurity.com. McAfee Read more…
Tags: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile, mobile security, SiteAdvisor, smartphones, Tablet
McAfee has started to BETA test our WaveSecure software for Tablets. McAfee WaveSecure Tablet edition delivers comprehensive protection for your Android Tablet, protecting your irreplaceable personal data, and features alarms, location tracking, lock, wipe, backup and data restore – all remotely from the web. Ever been afraid of losing your shiny new Tablet or leave Read more…
Tags: Data Protection, mcafee wavesecure, Mobile
As of last week, the California 911 system received 566 Phantom Calls in five minutes from an Embedded Car Emergency System. To most of us this might be anecdotal news; however one may see a deja vu on the events reported from Japan in 2001. It appears that 10 years after Japan’s 110 accident (a cell Read more…
Tags: Consumer, Cybercrime, embedded, Mobile, mobile security
A new malicious Android application that performs mobile subscription toll fraud has been discovered. McAfee confirms the existence of this malware, but the sky isn’t falling. We categorize this as low risk for both consumer and corporate users because distribution is limited. The malicious application masquerades as a player for multimedia content. During installation the Read more…
Tags: Android, Cybercrime, google, Mobile, mobile security, smartphones
Today, McAfee has expanded its platform coverage to iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Did you know that twice as many kids today own an Internet-enabled mobile device versus a computer? [1]. Children and adolescents are constantly connected to the online world; in fact, 65% of iPod touch and 13% of iPhone users are below the Read more…
Tags: Apple, Family Safety, iphone, Mobile, mom
Today’s launch of McAfee VirusScan Mobile for Android marks an important step in McAfee’s mission of protecting consumers across their rapidly changing digital lives. At McAfee we have seen security threats reliably follow users with every popular content format, service and device they use. With cell phones reaching saturation in some markets, it’s all about Read more…
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