#android device management

It's tough to be a mobile device in the modern office. All sorts of hackers are after device data, and protecting devices is time-consuming. Thankfully, you can counter this with mobile threat defense (MTD) and MDM (mobile device management). MTD features in MDM are essential for keeping devices safe. It's time that you learned what a device management solution with MTD can do for you.

Any conscientious IT admins will naturally want to handle threats themselves. After all, if you're the point person for your entire organization's data security, you can't afford to let anything slip by. While this is an admirable attitude, threats will often find a way through. This means you can't do everything by yourself. What matters is making much of the security process automatic by choosing a device management solution with MTD features.

What Threats Can Slip Through?

Several aspects of mobile device use are much easier to manage with MTD features in MDM. Namely, these are threats that occur at the app level, device level, and software level. Read on for a brief look at each type. By looking at each, you will be able to see why mobile threat defense and MDM technology are essential for making your enterprise truly secure.

Employees are always at risk of downloading dangerous applications, either on purpose or by mistake. While you can usually control the apps that employees download using a device lockdown solution, that's not always possible. For example, C-suite executives may rankle at having their app usage restricted. No one wants to be put in the position of having to tolerate irresponsible device use on behalf of their superiors.

With app-level protections provided through mobile threat defense and MDM software, you can keep these problems from happening. This is because MTD includes a variety of techniques to isolate (or "sandbox") and monitor every app a user might download. While there is a huge variety of possible apps for users to download, MTD utilizes techniques that work for any kind of app. These include automatically reverse-engineering how apps work, identifying malware, and simulating attacks to ensure apps stand up to common threats.

Of course, securing apps does not automatically secure a device. Vulnerabilities can exist in a device's operating system, firmware updates, and settings. No device is safe unless businesses deal with each potential weak point. These weak points are called device-level security threats.

If you employ mobile threat defense and MDM solution together, they will continually look out for device-level threats. This includes testing OS updates and the like to ensure that no faulty components ruin an otherwise-secure device. Monitoring even extends to file systems, ensuring no files are malicious.

If someone decides to tamper with a device, there may not be a way to tell by just looking at faulty system components. That's why MTD also involves behavior tracking as a way to make sure an unauthorized user hasn't stolen a device. If users begin to use apps in a way that clashes with their normal app usage, a device management solution with MTD can figure it out and alert admins that a thief may be using the device.

Employees are often rightfully afraid of exceeding data-consumption limits, but don't want to cut down on device use. This means connecting to any Wi-Fi network available, whether it's secure or not. Even if a device and its apps are all entirely secure, unsecured networks can be a launching-point for attacks.

If you implement mobile device management, MTD features in MDM can check network security and automatically disable unsafe connections. This lets admins have peace-of-mind that employees are not connecting to dangerous networks, without needing to monitor them directly.

Conclusion

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Android management

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