Mobile devices are susceptible to malware attacks, phishing, and other security vulnerabilities just the same as laptops and desktops. The systems most of us have in place are directed at managing the security for laptops and desktops, however. It is important to expand your security controls to address the growing threat that mobile devices introduce to your network and systems regularly.

In most cases, it is important to have a "home base" tool that can talk to and monitor the mobile devices. That is where MDM comes into play. For most people that brings us to the question: What is MDM and why do I want it?

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