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Ashish Raghute - SVP at Allied Digital shares thoughts on Endpoint Management from C-Suite Perspective.<\/p>\n
How Endpoints have become the \u201cStartpoints\u201d for Cybersecurity Attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n These C-Suite objectives should be kept in view while evaluating an organization\u2019s Endpoint Management program<\/a>. Endpoints deserve to be managed. Responsibly<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/p> \n
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\n CFO Objectives<\/strong><\/td>\n CIO Objectives<\/strong><\/td>\n CISO Objectives<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lease and Warranty Alerts and Information<\/td>\n A single CMDB\/Asset List (and pivot tables) that is reliable, updated and easily available<\/td>\n Compliance with device hardening policies such as Data Leakage Protection, Encryption\/Bitlocker, Local Firewall, NAC, auto-locking on failed attempts etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Underutilized software<\/td>\n A process to identify to-be-retired devices and a process to review, approve and retire them<\/td>\n Patch Compliance and Open Vulnerabilities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Unused assets<\/td>\n Devices that cause loss of productivity due to performance or configuration issues<\/td>\n EDR\/XDR\/Anti-Malware<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Repair costs and related productivity loss<\/td>\n Devices follow corporate standards for UX and behavior (eg. Power policy)<\/td>\n Malware Alerts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Theft loss costs and risks<\/td>\n Application Deployment is timely and does not cause disruption<\/td>\n Physical asset control\/anti-theft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Upgrade Vs. Buy<\/td>\n End-user satisfaction: No surprises on deployments, no unreasonable downtimes<\/td>\n Remote locking and\/or data wipe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GRC Reports<\/td>\n Software costs are optimized<\/td>\n Authentication \u2013 Fingerprint, password, facial recognition, external keys etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n A robust Endpoint Management program is integrated with Asset Lifecycle Management, Finance, Productivity and User Behavior Analytics and Audit platforms.<\/td>\n Effective Endpoint Management enables standardization, agility and reliability and ease of use of endpoints for the workforce, while eliminating waste in form of underutilized software and hardware resources.<\/td>\n CISOs are focused on hardening the endpoints to make it difficult for hackers to exploit them as the \u201cstartpoints\u201d for a cyberattack, while also ensuring that the data assets stored on the endpoints are protected from falling into the wrong hands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n<\/ul><\/div>\n