WSJ: Samsung’s mobile security program has been a bust so far

Earlier this year, Samsung unveiled its Knox mobile security suite aimed at giving corporate IT buyers peace of mind when deciding to purchase Samsung’s brand of Android devices for their employees. The Wall Street Journal reports that the program has been a bust so far, however, as Knox has been “beset by delays and programming bugs, frustrating clients including the U.S. Defense Department.” The Journal says that Samsung executives are “privately” acknowledging problems with Knox and are vowing fixes. The big issue, according to the Journal’s sources, is one of inexperience: Samsung has traditionally been a consumer electronics company that hasn’t had to worry much about corporate IT departments’ needs and has only been picking up talent in the mobile

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