Unmanaged Devices: The Overlooked Threat CISOs Must Confront
DARKReading, Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
No matter the strategy, companies must approach securing unmanaged devices with sensitivity and respect for employee privacy.
One of my favorite things about working in security, and tech in general, is the shared attitude that no problem is unsolvable. We transitioned virtually the entire Internet from "http" to "https" in the name of security. Clearly, we're not afraid of a challenge. But there's one problem that many companies haven't even tried to solve, and its very name seems to communicate a kind of surrender: unmanaged devices.
By "unmanaged devices," we're talking about laptops, tablets, and phones that employees use at work but that aren't covered by a mobile device management (MDM) solution, and so are outside the visibility and control of security or IT, often because the company has no effective way to prevent personal devices from authenticating.