Enhanced mobile device security to secure corporate data. 

The increased adoption of mobile devices in organizations has improved employee efficiency but has also added to the already heavy burden of corporate data security. Admins now also need to concentrate on mobile device security in addition to securing corporate data on laptops and desktops. Mobile security management capabilities of mobile device management (MDM) solutions allow admins to simplify the mobile device security.

What is Mobile Security Management?

Mobile Security Management refers to the actions taken to secure mobile devices and the corporate data in an enterprise. These actions can further be classified as reactive or proactive based on whether the action is performed before or after the data and devices are compromised. Most MDM solutions in addition to managing mobile devices also provide capabilities for mobile device security.

ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager Plus is an MDM solution that provides comprehensive capabilities to fortify mobile device security in your organization. With Mobile Device Manager Plus, you can secure Apple, Android, Windows and Chrome devices.

How can Mobile Device Manager Plus help?

Mobile Device Manager Plus provides various proactive and reactive measures to secure corporate data, devices, apps and emails. Let's take a look at various mobile security management features available with Mobile Device Manager Plus:

• Data security
• Device protection
• App security
• Protect corporate network access
• Secure email access

Data security

Securing corporate data is the main priority in every organization. If organization have embraced BYOD, ensuring user privacy is also critical.

• Create logical containers on devices to ensure personal apps cannot access corporate data
• Mandate encryption of data on mobile devices to secure data at rest, in use and in transit
• Enforce stronger passcode to guard data from third-party intrusions.
• Enable geofencing to ensure corporate data is wiped when specific devices leave a predefined geographical 
• Secure lost or stolen devices by enabling Lost Mode on devices and performing a complete or corporate wipe to protect corporate data.

Device protection

Securing data begins with managing the mobile devices accessing corporate data. Admins can also automate the onboarding of devices and secure it by:

• Detecting and removing any Jailbroken or rooted devices accessing corporate data
• Automating OS updates and ensuring the devices are updated with all security patches
• Monitoring the device location along with a history of all the locations traversed by the devices
• Remotely control or view device screens to ensure all device issues are resolved instantly
• Execute Remote Commands to protect lost or stolen devices

App security

Mobile apps are the only medium available on devices to access corporate devices. Admins should be able to provide regulated access to corporate data using these apps. 

• Blocklist malicious apps or apps that don't meet your organization's compliance standards.
• Remotely configure apps and grant only essential permissions to apps.
• Lock your device to a single or a specific set of apps with Single App Lock / Kiosk mode. You can also enable multi-app Kiosk Mode on Windows 10 devices.
• Automate app updates to ensure the apps are always running the latest version.
• Test and deploy enterprise apps to protect your production environment from critical bugs.

Protect corporate network access

Protect corporate data by restricting unknown devices from accessing your corporate network. 

• Allow enrolled devices to connect only to authorised Wi-Fi networks
• Create and distribute device specific certificates using Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP)
• Configure a VPN for corporate resources and apps
• Prevent users from accessing unauthorised websites by either blocklisting or allowlisting web content.

Secure email access

Corporate communication is virtually impossible without email. However, securely managing emails over mobile devices is a challenge for the IT administrators. Ensure corporate email security by:

• Enabling conditional access to corporate Exchange accounts
• Allowing users to access corporate e-mail attachments only using trusted apps or the document viewer in ME MDM app
• Preconfiguring the corporate Exchange accounts for users
• Ensuring secure communication with S/MIME

Learn more about mobile email management.