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Device security is much like Everest and difficult to scale.
For a small company dominated by engineers, trust and spreadsheets are all you need to keep up with fleet management. But once you start hiring marketers, designers, and others, the proliferation of laptops blurs the line between “work” and “personal” devices.
But ambiguity isn’t going to cut it. To close a deal with a customer, pass a third-party audit, or prove you’re ready for an acquisition or IPO, you need to prove you’re in control of device security.
At this point, I start looking for tools to visualize all these devices. You have two options.
Option 1 is MDM. The MDM acts as a fleet-wide puppet master, enforcing compliance through intrusive agents. But despite all the power of MDM, it still can’t answer the most nuanced questions. And when it comes to Linux devices? Good luck.
Your other option is Kolide.
Kolide is an endpoint security solution that gives IT teams a single dashboard for all their devices, regardless of operating system.
Kolide can answer questions that MDM cannot. Questions like:
- Is production data stored on the device?
- Are all developer SSH keys encrypted?
- And otherwise, there are many other data points that need to be learned by writing custom shell scripts.
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