MobileIron Threat Defense overview

The MobileIron Threat Defense Solution consists of three components:

  • MobileIron Cloud Admin Console to the Mobile Device Management (MDM) server
  • MobileIron Client Application (MobileIron Go for iOS and Android and MobileIron AppStation)
  • Threat Management Console (formerly referred to as zConsole)

Figure 1. Components of MobileIron Threat Defense solution

The MTD administrator can configure MobileIron Cloud to automatically install the required version of MobileIron client application, deploy and enable MTD on selected devices, and configure the components to protect devices from mobile threats.

After initial onboarding, the following workflow is required to configure the MobileIron Threat Defense Solution:

Figure 2. MTD workflow

  1. MobileIron Cloud provides an activation code to MobileIron Go clients on selected devices. See MobileIron Threat Defense prerequisites.
  2. MobileIron Threat Defense is enabled on selected devices. See Activating MobileIron Threat Defense.
  3. The Threat Management Console authenticates and establishes communication with Cloud and synchronizes device parameters. For more information about Threat Management Console, see Using the Threat Management Console.
  4. The administrator defines threat defense policies on the Threat Management Console. See Creating the Threat Management Console Threat Response Matrix.
  5. The administrator defines MTD local actions configurations on the Admin Console. See Configuring MTD local actions for Cloud.
  6. MTD-enabled MobileIron Go clients check in and begin communicating with the Threat Management Console and with Cloud.
  7. MTD-enabled MobileIron Go clients periodically scan the device for threats, and actions are taken in accordance with defined server-initiated and local action policies.