Posts about Mobile device management

Webinar Your biggest cyber risk might be in your pocket Join our 30 minute discussion to understand the mobile threats facing your business and how Mobile Threat Defence can help reduce the risk. Register now Employee phones and tablets now hold the same sensitive company data as laptops, yet they are not always protected to the same standard. This leaves a clear opening for attackers, particularly as phishing increasingly targets employees through text messages. According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025/26, 43% of UK organisations experienced a cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months, with phishing behind most incidents.

As organisations invest heavily in network, endpoint and cloud security, attackers are increasingly targeting mobile devices as a route into corporate systems. Yet many businesses still apply weaker security controls to smartphones and tablets than they do to traditional endpoints, creating opportunities for cyber criminals to exploit.

Mobile device management (MDM) is a solution that enables you to centrally manage, secure and support the smartphones, tablets and laptops used across your business. It allows you to provision devices, apply security policies, manage applications and remotely wipe devices if they're lost, stolen or when an employee leaves the organisation.

The housing sector may not be the most obvious target of cyber criminality, but 25% of housing associations have suffered from a cyberattack in the last 12 months.