As summer winds down, unified endpoint management (UEM) is starting to heat up. Gartner just introduced the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management, the newest (and third) edition of its annual research report. Per our understanding, the 2019 edition focused on, among other things, the evolution of mobile device management (MDM) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) to UEM, as well as the emergence of the need for modern management to accommodate PCs and laptops. We still see these trends as customer maturity grows, but it’s impossible to ignore the implications of the massive switch to remote work and working from home.
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Bring your own device (BYOD) programs have been accelerated and enhanced to provide management for an influx of personal devices used for work. A large roster of employees are accessing work applications and content from home for the first time. At the same time, cyber criminals took advantage of massive change and launched an even greater number of phishing attacks and tactics. Data usage became an issue as the collaborative app usage outside the corporate network skyrocketed. Secure containers — encrypted sandboxes for data leakage prevention (DLP) installed on an end user device — are vital for mobile threat defense (MTD) to thwart an increased attack surface.
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