What is Mobile Device Management (MDM)?
It is a framework that governs all the tools, policies and processes for mobile devices, whether tablets, laptops, smartphones or other devices, focusing on security in centralised management.
What are its main objectives?
One of the main objectives is to control and protect corporate devices. Security has become a priority for companies, where it is supported by policy compliance.
In addition, another major objective is to centrally manage risk reduction for companies in the event of loss or theft. This facilitates the management of these mobile devices for the mass deployment of applications, as well as controlling devices in a corporate environment from a single platform, which would facilitate operational management and improve productivity.
What are its key functions?
As security is key today, one of the important functions is to ensure the protection of the device against unauthorised access, applying measures through policies to protect devices. Additionally, there is the management of applications to control those that are not permitted or an inventory of utilities for that control.
Another key function is the separation of environments. Separating corporate data from personal data or implementing features through configurations that protect them from possible loss (remote deletion or device locking could be performed) or deploying proactive measures such as monitoring or updates to protect devices from vulnerabilities, etc.
What professional profiles are dedicated to this?
These are profiles that are entirely IT-oriented, mainly system administrators, IT security profiles and, more specialised, MDM or endpoint management administrators, which are very niche profiles in the market.
What role do new technologies play in mobile device management?
Given the current context, in which these types of devices have become essential in our daily lives and, of course, in the workplace, they are indispensable as work tools. They play a very important role in companies, along with other technologies (M365, AI, security, etc.) in the future of the workplace, which is not so much the future as the present.
