Mobile Threat Defense overview

The Mobile Threat Defense Solution consists of three components:

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

Components of Mobile Threat Defense Solution

The MTD administrator can configure Cloud to automatically install the required client application version, 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 Mobile Threat Defense Solution:

MTD workflow

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