“Instead of having the MDM versus containerisation debate, enterprises should define device use cases and security requirements within the organisation, and then decide which solutions best suit their needs. Organisations with all kinds of deployments — corporate-owned devices, BYOD or a combination of the two — are finding that MDM and containerisation together provide flexibility, user enablement and enhanced security. Many organisations are choosing to deploy MDM and containerisation together on the same devices, for a layered approach to security.”
The report continues to suggest that administrators in large organisations with both corporate-owned and BYOD deployments may want to consider MDM for corporate-owned devices and containerisation for BYOD devices and other use cases that do not require device management, such as collaboration in the extended enterprise.
“Organisations with highly sensitive proprietary content or in strictly regulated industries may prefer the added security that MDM and containerisation on the same device provides. A corporate container deployed on a managed device provides an extra barrier to access corporate content. Users are required to enter both a device-level passcode and a container-level passcode, and administrators have both device-level controls and application-level controls that enable app-to-app collaboration with other managed and secure applications within the container.”
For example, a link sent in a secure email can be opened in a secure browser and a sensitive attachment can be opened and edited in a secure content locker.
“MDM and containerisation are often thought of as mutually exclusive security solutions but today most innovative organisations are taking a layered approach to security by using the two in conjunction.”
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