About Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense Solution for MDM

Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense Solution for MDM protects managed devices from mobile threats and vulnerabilities affecting device, network, applications, and from phishing attacks.

Ivanti Neurons for MDM provides IT administrators with the ability to enable Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense (Ivanti Neurons for MTD) technology integration into Ivanti Go for Android and iOS clients. When this feature is enabled in Ivanti Neurons for MDM and applied to the devices, the Ivanti Neurons for MTD libraries are enabled on the clients.

Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense monitors:

  • On the device level: system parameters, configuration, firmware, and libraries to identify suspicious or malicious activity, including jailbreak on iOS/iPadOS devices and root on Android devices.
  • On the network level: network traffic and suspicious connections to and from mobile devices, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Please note that Location needs to be enabled in order for Network Threats to be detected.
  • On the app level: Malware and leaky apps that can potentially place enterprise data at risk are given a thorough risk assessment and code analysis.

Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense operates through the Ivanti Go client on iOS and Android devices. The client must be installed, enrolled and operating on a managed device for Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense to protect that device from threats and malicious traffic. If the client is removed, becomes inoperable, suspended, or dozed, Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense will not be fully functional until the client is operational again. For more information, see Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense overview.

Each version of the Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense Solution for MDM guide contains all Ivanti Neurons for MTD features that are currently fully tested and available for use on both server and client environments. Because of the gap between server and client releases, Ivanti, Inc releases new versions of the Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense Solution for MDM guide as the features become fully available.

Applicable to:

  • Ivanti Go for Android client versions as supported by Ivanti Neurons for MDM.
  • Ivanti Go for iOS client versions as supported by Ivanti Neurons for MDM.

Ivanti Neurons for Mobile Threat Defense does not support macOS and Windows devices.

Before you begin 

Refer to the Ivanti Neurons for MDM Administrator Guide for basic setup of Ivanti Neurons for MDM, especially Configurations.