Microsoft Defender for Endpoint boosts security offerings on iOS and Android

You may have missed this tiny bit of security-minded Microsoft news among the veritable flurry of scoops that have arisen as a result of Windows eleven leaking to the masses, just do note that Microsoft is, in fact, doing things outside of developing a new operating system. For case: It's improving its Defender for Endpoint mobile app.

Though the changelog isn't massive, it's certainly enough to justify Microsoft's blog post on the update. Here are the major feature updates and key takeaways y'all should be aware of:

Mobile application management back up for not-Intune enrolled devices

Jailbreak detection available for iOS

Simplified onboarding for iOS users

Microsoft Tunnel VPN integration

Non a huge list, but the updates inside information technology are meaningful. Jailbreak detection ways you tin tell if a device has had its root access elevated, which would mean it's a potential security threat to corporate resources. With this update, y'all tin discover that device then block it out before it can do any impairment.

As for other items, such as the simplified onboarding update, now end users won't need to handle VPN permissions; that tin all be dealt with on the admin side.

Across the four major functionality changes, there'south as well the artful update to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint's mobile app to take note of. Microsoft says the visual tweaks are designed to make the app and its features more understandable and helpful.

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