Device Management

What is Mobile Device Management (MDM)?

Mobile Device Management (MDM) enables companies to administer and maintain devices, including physical computers, virtual machines, mobile devices, and IoT devices. Device management is a critical component of any company’s security strategy.

The device management program installed on your company’s devices is dependent on the device manufacturer. Esevel uses JumpCloud, a well-regarded MDM software, as its MDM engine. 

Why Does Your Company Need Mobile Device Management (MDM)?

MDM keeps your business data protected and ensures your company retains control over confidential information. If a mobile device is lost or stolen, MDM enables you to remotely lock and wipe all data, help you keep both device and data secure.

Who is Esevel's MDM Provider?

Esevel partners with the best in class MDM provided JumpCloud. JumpCloud can securely manage and connect users to their IT environment including: 

• Systems: Mac, Windows, and Linux
• Servers: on-prem and cloud
• Applications: LDAP and SAML based
• Productivity Suites: G Suite and Office 365
• File Storage: physical and virtual
• Networks: Wired and wireless via RADIUS

JumpCloud’s multi-protocol and vendor independent approach enables IT admins to empower their end users with the IT resources they need to do their job and still maintain control.

What are the features of MDM?

MDM features are extensive and range from provider to provider, but here are a list of the most important ones from JumpCloud: 

Top Features of MDM:

• Device Provisioning

• Application distribution and management

• Application configuration

• Device and app management from a central console

• Automatic, real-time visibility into a device inventory

• Device health (including OS version, battery health, and warranty information)

• Device reporting

• Asset management (only from premier MDM solutions)

• Enforcing device data encryption

• Managing device settings and configurations

• Remotely wiping a device when it is lost or stolen

• Organization-wide policy enforcement

Advantages of MDM

Mobile devices are easily stolen or lost, and you definitely don’t want your corporate data being viewed by anyone with access to a company device. A mobile device management solution gives you the ability to lock, wipe, and locate devices used for your business. In remote and hybrid environments, MDM also eliminates the need for physical device management on-site at an office. Regardless of the size of your business, mobile device management provides indisputable benefits:

    1) Gives You Control Over All Corporate Mobile Devices

When a variety of devices and operating systems are being used, it may be hard to keep track of them and build unified device management processes. With MDM, your organization has better visibility over its devices as the software pulls valuable information from managed devices. Since you know the devices in use and their security level, it becomes easier to manage security risks.

MDM also gives you full control over the use of devices and the whole device lifecycle. You can configure devices remotely, replace them on time, and handle updates. If an employee leaves the company, you’re able to delete all business-related information from their device.

    2) Lower Costs and Increased Productivity and Efficiency

With MDM, you can manage every step of device management effectively from a single platform as well as automate device configurations and enrollments, which helps save time and eventually money. When managing several devices, automation brings valuable benefits — devices are set up faster, and human errors are decreased.

MDM also helps enhance employee productivity when end-users don’t have to spend excess time visiting the IT department or setting up devices themselves. Rather, they get pre-configured devices and access to necessary applications and data from day one.

    3) Meeting Compliance Regulations

Operating within regulatory guidelines and standards is important to any organization, but it can be hard to ensure that all devices are in compliance. With MDM, compliance initiatives are managed from one unified console, enabling better protection while operating within the legal requirements.

    4) Streamlined Onboarding and Offboarding

MDM streamlines the onboarding process for new employees by ensuring their devices are configured with the appropriate apps and user permissions from their very first day. This creates a positive first impression and supports the employee to get up and running as quickly as possible. Likewise, when an employee leaves your company, MDM enables you to remotely revoke permissions and wipe sensitive information from their device on their last day.

5) Device and Data Security

Unmanaged mobile devices pose numerous cybersecurity risks. MDM provides an effective way to remotely secure data and devices with customized restriction options and configurations.

With MDM, the use of certain device apps or functionalities can be prevented, and the use of passcodes and MFA can be enforced. If the same device is used for both personal and business purposes, the user’s work data is kept separate and secure.

Esevel Device’s Management

With Esevel, we provide you a simplified platform where you can manage your company’s mobile device management and enjoy all the security benefits it offers. 

Note: To Understanding Device Management Screen on Esevel Platform, please refer to this guide "Understanding Device Management Screen on Esevel Platform"