Mobile Device Management Overview

As mobile endpoints become more powerful, end users increasingly rely on them to perform business tasks. However, these same endpoints that access your corporate network also connect to the internet without protection against threats and vulnerabilities.

A mobile device management (MDM) system or enterprise mobility management (EMM) system simplifies the administration of mobile endpoints by enabling you to automatically deploy your corporate account configuration and VPN settings to compliant endpoints. You can also use your mobile device management system for remediation of security breaches by interacting with an endpoint that has been compromised. This protects both corporate data as well as personal end user data. For example, if an end user loses an endpoint, you can remotely lock the endpoint from the mobile device management system or even wipe the endpoint (either completely or selectively).

In addition to the account provisioning and remote device management functions that a mobile device management system can provide, when integrated with your existing GlobalProtect™ VPN infrastructure, you can use host information that the endpoint reports to enforce security policies for access to apps through the GlobalProtect gateway. You can also use the monitoring tools that are built into the Palo Alto next-generation firewall to monitor mobile endpoint traffic.