Across modern enterprises, the concept of an "office" has evolved beyond a fixed location. This poses significant challenges for chief information security officers (CISOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs), who must secure mobile access without disrupting user experience or overcomplicating IT processes.
To address these challenges, Samsung and Cisco have advanced Zero Trust Access for Samsung Galaxy mobile devices, offering smarter, unified security for today's mobile work environments.
Advancements in mobile security
The collaboration between Samsung and Cisco enhances mobile productivity security while simplifying deployment and policy management across organisations.
The Cisco Zero Trust Access (ZTA) client for Samsung Knox secures access to private applications by employing Secure Private Access (SPA), enabling employees to connect to essential internal tools without exposing the wider corporate network. By enforcing app- or destination-specific policies on managed devices, organisations can maintain secure resource access based on Zero Trust principles.
Policy-based traffic management
Samsung and Cisco have integrated policy-based routing (PBR) into the Cisco ZTA client for Samsung Knox
As work environments increasingly utilise web-based applications and generative AI tools, diverse traffic types present new challenges for IT and security teams. In response, Samsung and Cisco have integrated policy-based routing (PBR) into the Cisco ZTA client for Samsung Knox. This feature allows for dynamic traffic management and policy enforcement at runtime, distinguishing between traffic types and steering it according to Cisco Secure Access policies.
The PBR system, combined with the existing SPA framework, enables Samsung and Cisco to extend Zero Trust Access beyond private applications and further integrate it into mobile work experiences. For Samsung Galaxy mobile users, the Cisco ZTA client supports both Secure Private Access to authenticated private applications and Secure Internet Access for web filtering and malware protection. This dual approach ensures a consistent security experience across mobile devices.
Unified access management
By streamlining security management through a single-client approach, organisations can reduce complexity for users and IT teams. This minimises the need for multiple agents, mitigating agent fatigue and supporting a seamless user experience across Galaxy devices. The integration of intelligent cloud-based security with Samsung Knox's robust hardware-backed protection expands Zero Trust principles to mobile environments without the need for additional tools.
Consistent security in a mobile world
As mobile work proliferates across both private applications and the public internet, organisations require comprehensive security measures that adapt without adding complexity. Samsung Knox and Cisco Secure Access provide robust support, ensuring a secure and consistent experience for Galaxy mobile device users. For IT administrators, this translates to simplified deployment and unified policy management, while end users benefit from discreet, frictionless secure access.
Samsung and Cisco's collaboration exemplifies the practical application of Zero Trust security across everyday workflows, safeguarding users, devices, and access points wherever work occurs.
Across the enterprise, the “office” is no longer a fixed location—it’s wherever an employee happens to be. For chief information security officers (CISOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs), this creates a growing challenge: how to secure mobile access without compromising user experience or adding complexity for IT teams.
Samsung and Cisco are addressing this challenge with the next advancement in Zero Trust Access for Samsung Galaxy mobile devices. By bringing more intelligent, unified protection to the mobile experience, this collaboration helps organisations support secure access across more of how employees work today.
Broader corporate network
Read on to learn how Samsung and Cisco are helping organisations protect mobile productivity while keeping deployment and policy management simpler across the enterprise.
The Cisco Zero Trust Access (ZTA) client for Samsung Knox already helps organisations secure access to private applications. Through Secure Private Access (SPA), employees can connect to the internal tools they need without exposing the broader corporate network.
Organisations can also enforce app/destination-specific policies on managed devices. This strategy helps ensure that access to corporate resources is secure, seamless, and based on Zero Trust principles.
Secure access policies
But modern work now extends beyond private applications. Employees browse the open web, use software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, and interact with generative AI (genAI) tools throughout the day. These workflows create more traffic types for IT and security teams to manage.
To support this shift, Samsung and Cisco have introduced policy-based routing (PBR) as the underlying engine of the Cisco ZTA client for Samsung Knox. PBR allows the client to distinguish between different types of traffic and dynamically steer traffic from endpoint devices based on Cisco Secure Access policies and resource categorisation at runtime.
Zero trust security policy
Depending on the destination and zero trust security policy, the client can decide whether to:
- Proxy access to the resource through the Cisco Secure Access gateway
- Block access to the resource
- Allow access through the default network path
Together, the existing SPA framework and PBR enable Samsung and Cisco to extend Zero Trust Access beyond private applications and across more of the mobile work experience.
Mobile work experience
With PBR, Samsung and Cisco can extend protection across a wider range of mobile traffic. For Galaxy mobile users, the Cisco ZTA client for Samsung Knox helps support two connected access experiences through the Cisco Secure Access cloud:
An illustration outlining the two access experiences supported by the Cisco ZTA client for Samsung Knox: Secure Private Access (SPA) for authenticated access to private applications, and Secure Internet Access for web filtering, malware protection, and visibility into internet activity.
More consistent experience
A single-client approach helps reduce complexity for users and IT teams alike. With fewer agents to manage, organisations can minimise agent fatigue while supporting a more consistent experience across Galaxy mobile devices.
By bringing intelligent cloud-based security together with hardware-backed protection from Samsung Knox, organisations can extend Zero Trust principles across mobile devices without introducing additional tools or friction. Access policy management also becomes simpler for IT teams across mobile traffic and enterprise resources.
Public internet traffic
As mobile work continues to expand across private applications and public internet traffic, organisations need security that keeps pace without adding complexity. With Samsung Knox and Cisco Secure Access, IT teams can support a more secure, consistent experience across Galaxy mobile devices.
For IT admins, this means simpler deployment and more unified policy management. For end users, it means secure access that works quietly in the background, helping them stay productive without unnecessary friction. Together, Samsung and Cisco help organisations put Zero Trust into practice across everyday workflows—protecting users, devices, and access wherever work happens.
