After the pandemic, many companies had to adapt and drive numerous changes to maintain and improve operations. These changes ranged from increasing the budget for cloud services to making remote or hybrid work the norm. This is where unified endpoint management and security come into play.

Most companies cannot move all services from an on-premises environment to the cloud for various reasons. However, they can adopt a hybrid approach.

Unified endpoint management can be a significant help here, allowing IT teams to manage, protect, and deploy all corporate resources from a single console. This provides the management capabilities of traditional on-premises systems in the hybrid environment that is beginning to take shape.

This shift can create challenges, so it’s crucial to keep certain aspects in mind to maintain security at the highest standards. These include the ability to deploy in both on-premises and cloud environments, or to be used as a SaaS service, as well as the ability to deploy software or applications to endpoints unattended.

Solutions for Unified Endpoint Management and Security

Endpoint Central

This is a unified endpoint management (UEM) solution. It’s a modern version of desktop management that can scale according to the organization’s needs. Some of its features include:

• Automates regular desktop management routines.
• Manages mobile devices to deploy profiles and policies, and configures and secures Wi-Fi, emails, passwords, usage restrictions, etc.
• Manages and automates patches related to the operating system and other third-party applications.
• Simplifies software distribution by installing and uninstalling software with built-in templates for package creation.
• Images and installs OS, along with the necessary drivers and applications.
• Manages IT assets, software licenses, prohibited software, etc.
• Remote control: Resolves remote issues with multi-user collaboration, file transfer, video recording, and more.
• Manages power consumption by applying power schemes.
• Manages USB devices.
• Provides 25+ predefined configurations, including power management, security policies, and more.

Endpoint Security

This solution is now integrated into Endpoint Central, allowing you to manage endpoints from there. Its features cover all dimensions of endpoint security and strengthen the company’s security with top-tier features.

Some of its features include:

• Manages vulnerabilities and compliance.
• Scans endpoints for vulnerabilities, assesses threats, and applies patches regularly.
• Resolves security configuration errors and hardens web servers against XSS, clickjacking, and brute force attacks.
• Identifies publicly disclosed and actively exploited vulnerabilities for prioritized patching.
• Ensures compliance with CIS standards.
• Tracks browsers and plugins used within the organization.
• Filters URLs to allow only trusted and authorized websites.
• Ensures compliance with browser security standards like CIS and STIG.
• Controls, blocks, and monitors USB devices and peripherals to prevent data leaks and theft.
• Limits data transfer rates and configures role-based access to files.
• Creates rule-based application whitelists and uses flexible modes to review and adjust lists.
• Provides application-specific privileged access with endpoint privilege management.
• Offers BitLocker encryption.
• Includes anti-ransomware features.
• Contains endpoint DLP.

Endpoint DLP Plus

This solution protects sensitive data on managed endpoint devices from disclosure and theft, thanks to its advanced protection features, including:

• Discovers advanced data, including deep inspection of content and sensitive structured and unstructured data.
• Robust data classification: Consolidates and categorizes sensitive data using numerous predefined templates or custom mechanisms such as OCR, keyword search, fingerprints, and RegEx.
• Proactively mitigates internal threats. Preventively identifies potential data disclosure methods and immediately stops any attempted data theft.
• As policy exception requests arise, it allows reviewing user justifications and acting quickly, either permitting an override or following a few simple steps to modify an existing rule.
• Provides optimal protection for cloud workloads, allowing only authorized file transfers or uploads of critical mission data.
• Prevents data leakage or espionage by monitoring and controlling sensitive attachments sent through company email addresses and Outlook.
• Prevents USB and auxiliary devices from viewing or copying sensitive data. However, for greater user convenience, it allows relevant documents to be printed if they have a watermark.

If you want to learn more about unified endpoint management and security, or seek advice on implementing these solutions in your company, contact us! At icorp, we can support you throughout the entire process.

This article has been translated using AI and may include errors.

Source: Manage Engine