and management founded 2003 headquarters san jose california us key people jim obot co founder & ceo website www.beachheadsolutions.com beachhead solutions is an it security company and creator of the simplysecure management system 1 a web based 2 management tool designed to remotely secure vulnerable mobile devices within organizations including those devices owned by employees . beachhead s services are targeted at individual businesses and the reseller channel via managed service providers 3 msps . the technology manages security on mac & windows pcs usb storage iphones ipads and android devices by imposing access restrictions that can include data wiping revocation of authentication denial and restoration of data access and system shutdown . the company is privately held and funded . history edit beachhead s first cto dave rensin developed the company s core technology for creating data protection systems in cases of hardware loss while a consultant for the united states army in 2002 where he was tasked with finding novel ways of securing sensitive military data on lost pdas and other devices . a year later rensin teamed with a group of silicon valley veterans including jim obot jeff rubin and tim lavelle in forming beachhead solutions to bring the technology to a commercial audience . in 2008 and 2009 beachhead obtained three united states patents for the company s system and method for lost data destruction of electronic data stored on portable electronic devices . 4 5 6 see also edit mobile device management airwatch references edit aspillera mark . behind the software q & a with beachhead solutions . business software . retrieved 8 august 2013 . caputo ashley . the first web based console to control encryption . mobilitytechzone . retrieved 14 june 2013 . stotler laura . beachhead announces major increase in msp use of its cloud based mdm solution . msptoday . retrieved 9 january 2014 . united states patent 7421589 williams et al. . uspto patent full text and image database . retrieved 2 september 2008 . united states patent 7540016 rensin et al. . uspto patent full text and image database . retrieved 26 may 2009 . united states patent 7543144 rensin et al. . uspto patent full text and image database . retrieved 2 june 2009 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title beachhead solutions & oldid 720944014 categories companies based in san jose california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 may 2016 at 21 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view