MDM / BYOD – Mobile Device Management & Bring Your Own Device
Mobile device management and bring your own device govern how staff can securely access company data from their own devices.
IT Glossary
In brief
The trend of switching from desktop computers to portable devices is now well and truly established. Work is no longer confined to a single computer; employees also work from their own laptops, tablets or smartphones. Mobility is one of the most important attributes of modern technology. As the number of devices per employee increases, so do the demands on your company and the responsibility regarding security.
We would be pleased to advise you on Mobile Device Management and the implementation of Microsoft Intune in your company.
Why MDM?
There are numerous reasons in favour of introducing Mobile Device Management (MDM). An MDM system enables the assignment of Policies (company policies), both for company-owned mobile devices, such as laptops and company phones, and for your employees' personal devices (BYOD: bring your own device).
All devices can be inventoried in the network and data protection policies for mobile devices set up and customised. This allows you to define which activities, apps and devices you permit in your network and which you do not.
Configure user groups
Policy, certificate, Wi-Fi/VPN profile and application assignments can be bundled as profiles and conveniently configured via user groups. We will be happy to assist you with setting up these parameters. As soon as these profiles have been implemented in your Mobile Device Management, devices can be issued to your users even faster, as configuration is now almost fully automated. If desired, your users can even perform device provisioning themselves.
Benefits of Mobile Device Management
- Even if your employees have to forgo certain freedoms, Mobile Device Management also offers benefits for them. For example, you can provide your users with their own app store, where in-house company apps or applications specifically intended for employees can be downloaded. Find out more about this topic here: MAM (Mobile Application Management)
- Should a device ever be lost or fall into the wrong hands, MDM provides the option to “wipe” a device via remote maintenance, i.e. to delete it. Alternatively, the password can be reset or the data encrypted. This ensures that unauthorised persons do not gain access to your company's data. Furthermore, deleting company data should not be overlooked when an employee leaves the company.
- MDM also makes work easier for your support team. The system allows devices to be checked more easily via remote maintenance and errors to be resolved. Assigning applications to individual users or user groups is also straightforward. In some cases, users can even carry out troubleshooting themselves; a Self Service Portal can be introduced for this purpose. We will, of course, be happy to support you with setting this up.
Implement Mobile Device Management
Together with you, we can carry out a risk and benefit analysis to highlight the issues associated with the lack of a Mobile Device Management system. By taking inventory of all devices on the network, you not only gain new capabilities to create reports and maintain an overview. By defining policies, you secure your company regarding data protection and can react quickly in the event of device loss.
If you would like to find out more, you can simply contact us for a free, non-binding consultation. We will be happy to provide you with information on this topic and, if required, handle the implementation and execution for you.
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