Endpoint management is an industry term boils down to providing a secure and stable environment for a community of connected devices. Another name for that connected devices is an endpoint. The computer, tablet or phone you are reading this on right now is an endpoint on the network you are connected to.
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Collectively, ivanti and JAMF are Endpoint Management Tools that help a large organization like the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences manage many thousands of endpoints. We talked about how these tools help us keep our devices secure through regular patching, but they also help us manage settings and preferences to maintain a high level of security needed in an enterprise environment where many computers and associated devices share a common network. Your computer may not contain sensitive or restricted data, but it could be an entry point on the network to other systems that do have sensitive or restricted data.
Some features and preferences of computers modern computer operating systems which are very useful in the home environment are not good for the enterprise environment where many devices are interacting with one another.
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These computer use policies are set by USG, EITS and Franklin OIT and are designed to keep the institution's data and networks safe. Franklin OIT uses endpoint management tools to adhere to these polices and configure computers to meet those standards. Achieving good security requires sacrificing some level of convenience, but Franklin OIT always strives to balance this tradeoff to achieve the highest level of security while maintaining the highest level of convenience.
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