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Device security guidance

Guidance for organisations on how to choose, configure and use devices securely.

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Getting ready

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Choosing, buying and deploying laptops, phones, tablets and PCs

Before you start deploying and configuring devices, there are a few important decisions you need to make. This includes which devices to buy, how to buy them, and how to get them into the hands of your users, securely.

The choices you make at this stage of your deployment can have a huge impact on the resulting security of your networks, so it’s important to get them right. The guides in this section will walk you through these key decisions, highlighting the security issues at stake and suggesting 'best practice' solutions where possible.

  • Choosing devices

    Advice on choosing smartphones, tablets, laptops and PCs for your organisation

  • Purchasing devices

    Managing supply chain security when buying smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop PCs

  • Provisioning and distributing devices

    Advice for IT administrators on how to provision and distribute smartphones, tablets and laptops to end users within their organisation.

  • Zero-touch enrolment

    Using zero-touch enrolment to automatically provision smartphones, tablets and laptops

  • Mobile Device Management

    Advice on the selection and implementation of enterprise Mobile Device Management

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