{"id":1530,"date":"2013-02-08T16:58:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T16:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/mobile-device-management\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2016-10-12T12:49:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T16:49:23","slug":"airwatch-forescout-create-mdm-bouncer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/mobile-device-management\/airwatch-forescout-create-mdm-bouncer\/","title":{"rendered":"AirWatch and ForeScout Create an Mobile Device Management Bouncer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Airwatch<\/a>AirWatch\u2019s Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution and ForeScout\u2019s Network Access Control (NAC) solution have combined to create a bouncer for device management. Picture an iPad, Android phone and a Windows phone all standing in line outside of the Roxbury. They approach the front of the line and the iPad gets into the club with no problems, the Android phone is greeted with open arms but the bouncer shuts the door on the Windows phone and tells it to hit the road. What\u2019s up with that? It wasn\u2019t anything personal the Windows device just wasn\u2019t on the guest list.<\/p>\n

This is essentially a Night at the Roxbury version of how the integration between AirWatch and ForeScout works. Through AirWatch\u2019s Mobile Integration Module ForeScout communicates with the MDM solution and scans for devices that have been included on a company\u2019s \u201cguest list\u201d for approved devices. ForeScout\u2019s NAC solution CounterACT looks for certain device attributes that will indicate the level of access a certain devices is allowed on the network. InfoWorld<\/a> writes, \u201cThe attributes include the type of device, operating system, ownership, compliance status and enrollment in the AirWatch platform. When an unmanaged device tries to connect to the enterprise wireless LAN, it can be forwarded to an enrollment site.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few of the combined features include:<\/p>\n