Endpoint Management Services
What is Endpoint Management?
Endpoint management is the application of policies to maintain the functionality of networked devices and protect them from unauthorized access. manageability features in devices that can help improve control and security.
Endpoint management is the policy-based control of networked PCs and other devices to maintain functionality and safeguard the devices, data, and other assets from cyber threats.
The Importance of Endpoint Management
A comprehensive, proactive endpoint management process can keep your users connected and productive while helping to protect your organization’s data, applications, networks, and devices from unauthorized intrusions and cyberattacks.
Popular endpoint management solutions are strengthened by hardware-enabled manageability and security features, such as those offered on the Intel vPro® Enterprise platform. Intel works with management software providers to optimize their solutions so that compute-intensive security and manageability processes are less likely to interfere with the device’s performance or interrupt the user’s productivity.
Zero-Trust Security
Zero-trust security is a framework that relies on user and device health authentication to help secure the organization’s infrastructure and data. By contrast, a traditional network security model might grant network access to a known, trusted device without fully verifying the user’s credentials.
With today’s local, cloud-based, and hybrid networks, as well as a work-from-anywhere employment model, IT cannot assume that the device or its user is legitimate. Individual users may have multiple devices, and devices may have multiple users. Plus, some users may require specific privileges or access to software, hardware, or data, and the zero-trust architecture should be able to recognize and validate those credentials.
Instead of relying only on the device, a zero-trust model enforces a user authentication protocol so that only verified, authorized users can gain access to the network and its assets. Authentication may be based on several factors, including passwords, the device’s physical location, configuration, and installed software and firmware versions.
