Mobility initiatives are blurring the lines of traditional business information technology and IT management. As employees demand greater access to corporate data and applications from a growing number of devices and locations, it’s become difficult to discern and segregate users based simply on data processing methods. IT mobility and BYOD, while largely beneficial to organizations looking to boost worker productivity through data empowerment, require new ways to securely and cost-effectively manage a scalable combination of corporate and personally-owned devices.
Key Features
Any MDM offering worth considering must be capable of handling the entire mobility lifecycle. Clients expect solution providers to begin the process with device provisioning and then handle the entire mobile ecosystem – including securing the devices, monitoring the status and ongoing security of connected devices, facilitating the application and document distribution, automating the delivery of needed upgrades, and generating reports on systems use.
It’s essential that your MDM supports a comprehensive range of mobile platforms (IOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry and others), and provides timely product release updates. Some MDM providers only support one or two operating systems and lag behind on hardware/software product releases.
A critical challenge for MDM is ensuring that corporate data being accessed remotely remains secure in both transmission and storage. This includes implementing and enforcing password protection for mobile devices and remote control access and permissions. Beyond these basics, a full-featured MDM must also be able to:
Handle lost devices.
Detect jailbroken and rooted devices.
Remotely discover compromised devices, lock them and selectively wipe company-owned data.
Restrict use of specific functions (i.e. screen capture, camera, USB, Bluetooth, Mobile Access Point, Tethering and Near Field Communications).
In addition, clients should consider enhanced security options like “Geofencing” which enforces selective security policies based on device location.
We will be able to implement all features of an MDM solution in a variety of settings, without wholesale changes to infrastructure hardware or software.
Effective control over mobile devices to safeguard the enterprise.
Many vertical industries such as healthcare, government, and finance face strict regulatory restrictions on the handling of critical data.