JumpCloud announced the General Availability
of its support of Apple's Mobile Device Management (MDM) services. The latest
release extends JumpCloud's capabilities to manage Apple macOS devices via the
MDM protocol and support for deployment through Apple's Device Enrollment Plan
(DEP). The addition of Apple MDM support further extends the platform's ability
to simultaneously manage macOS, Windows, and Linux desktops, laptops, and
server infrastructure. With the new MDM functionality, JumpCloud
continues to add robust security features to its comprehensive identity access
control and device management platform, eliminating the need for IT admins to
deploy disparate technologies and costly point solutions to fully manage a
remote workforce.
"As a company that has to manage
both Mac and Windows machines, JumpCloud has enabled us to dramatically reduce
our vendor footprint," said Marie Selsky, IT manager at Nimbus Therapeutics.
"We can do all of our device management and access control from a single
platform."
JumpCloud's introduction of Apple's
MDM integration provides new functionality to support deployment and management
of Apple macOS assets. The release broadens its award-winning product's
management capabilities supporting fleet control of macOS, Windows, and Linux
desktops, laptops, and servers. Currently, over 100,000 organizations worldwide
are enrolled in the JumpCloud platform.
JumpCloud's remote device management
offering provides administrators the following across operating systems from
its cloud-based management console:
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System access and permissions control
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Device Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Password management
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Device Security policy configurations
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Device wipe, restart, lock, and shutdown commands
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Full-Disk encryption with secure recovery key escrow
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Device-level Insights for host and application asset inventory and
threat detection
"JumpCloud's cloud-based device
management capabilities for Mac, Windows, and Linux have been successfully used
by organizations around the globe for remote management, access control, and
security," said Greg Keller, chief technology officer at JumpCloud. "COVID-19
amplified this need for IT and system administrators, instantly forcing them to
develop strategies for how devices, and all user access controls, could be
securely managed outside the confines of their brick-and-mortar domains. We're
proud to be a part of Apple's certified MDM vendor ecosystem and offer deeper
deployment and management capabilities for macOS alongside our Windows and
Linux fleet support."
"While COVID-19 has accelerated
the shift to remote work, IT teams have long been evaluating how to best
conduct business on any device from any location at any time accessing any app
and any data," said Doug Cahill, vice president and group director,
cybersecurity at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). "As distributed teams
become the norm, admins are looking to solutions that consolidate device
management and access control from a single platform, like JumpCloud, to simply
and securely manage users across multiple operating systems and
devices."
With COVID-19, IT admins are now
tasked with managing users and devices across a wholly distributed workforce,
an industry shift that research suggests may be permanent. A recent survey from
Global Workplace Analytics underscores
the scale of the shift, finding that nearly 89% of respondents reported working
from home since the onset of COVID-19; 77% of the workforce wants to continue
to work from home once the pandemic passes. Combining cloud-based directory
services and device management make this shift simple for IT admins, offering a
unified solution for user, system, and device management.
"MDM is the icing on the cake
for JumpCloud," said Evan Sheeks, IT systems administrator at Wisetail. "I feel
much more confident that I can access 100% of my inventory in a few clicks with
one tool."
Availability
JumpCloud's Apple MDM capabilities
are available now and are offered at no additional charge for subscribers of
JumpCloud's Free and Pro-level plans.