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COVER THEME Vo l u m e 3 Issue 10 Vo l u m e 3 COVER THEME Issue 10 team to find out if they affected the them while maintaining protection current security policies and users, and control over desktops, laptops, and then manually remediate the smartphones, issues. Besides, the ruggedized was devices, wearables and the Internet becoming expensive as point solution of Things (IoT) in addition to apps, investments became system tablets, to documents and data. Normally, UEM address gaps in the operating system a norm platforms support all major OS types, (OS) support across available tools. including Apple iOS, macOS, Google In such a scenario, IT managers were Android stuck on a path of business upkeep along instead of business transformation. versions. The right UEM solution They faced roadblocks to actualize also makes it possible for businesses the full potential of the endpoints and, to migrate effortlessly from legacy ultimately, the workforce. Dead as PC platforms such as Windows 7 to a dodo, EMM has now morphed into more powerful, modern updates like Unified Endpoint Management (UEM). Windows 10. and with Microsoft Windows, their latest software Nonetheless, while UEM is valuable, it 28 The move toward Unified Endpoint Management is just another tool. It needs something more to make it invaluable. Something that will challenge companies to think differently and manage their Businesses must have a holistic view of the devices, users and beyond. A combined view of devices and users will help them pinpoint risky devices and users. They can accordingly, infuse identity authentication and authorization to allow conditional access or turn on multi-factor IT smarter. What is this key element? The answer perhaps lies in Cognitive Technology. Benefits of Cognitive Technology Cognitive capabilities authentication for risky users. They can gauge the overall enterprise-wide vulnerabilities and patches for the risk exposure. Thus, the centralized infected devices and recommend nature of UEM reduces the complexity relevant businesses face on a day-to-day basis. Cognitive technology self-discovers More provides and analyzes threats, and immediately threat management capability on the points to the affected devices, and endpoints besides end-user analysis recommends steps to fix the problem. of apps and their performance to It provides an overview of any new recommend corrective actions. regulation that may be in play related importantly, UEM UEM allows enterprises to put their expensive and ineffective solution dependencies multi- behind CISO MAG | November 2019 actions to enable organizations understand to remediate. to the incident, and potentially how many endpoints are affected. This way, IT managers can move on to CISO MAG | November 2019 29