What is an endpoint?

An endpoint is any device that is physically an endpoint on a network. These can include laptops, desktops, mobile phones, tablets, servers, and virtual environments.

What is endpoint management?

End-point management is used to protect the corporate network when accessed via remote devices such as laptops. Each laptop with a remote connection to the network creates a potential entry point for security threats.

Endpoint management at Bramble

At Bramble, we plan to use centralized laptop management for company-issued laptops. If you are in possession of a company-issued laptop, the details below apply to you. However, not all endpoint management technologies Bramble deploys will be required for Apple, Linux, and Windows laptops. Some technologies may be specific to the hardware platform or operating system. Please review the details of each technology for more information and details.

Expectation and success criteria

Our expectation are that all Team Members will be using a Bramble sponsored device and that we will find that at least 10% of our Macbook devices lack hardrive encryption and 5% of the operating systems are not at the current patch level.

If the number of encrypted drives is below 2% and the number of out of date OS is below 1% we will re-consider making end-point management required for all Mac OS users.

Why is this necessary?

In order to achieve compliance with frameworks such as SOX or SOC, and in preparation of FedRAMP and ISO 27001, certain protections of company assets are mandated.

Given that transparency is so ingrained in our culture, the risk of any laptop having confidential or PII data is high (e.g. Slack contains team-member phone numbers).

Additionally, to meet the rigorous security requirements of enterprise customers who desire to use our service, a combination of endpoint management solutions is necessary. We have to select endpoint management solutions that will accomplish the following:

1. Allow for software to be remotely deployed without requiring manual installation
2. Maintain asset inventory of all Bramble owned devices
3. Software license management
4. Enable confirmation that whole disk encryption has been enabled (using the Mac OS built-in FileVault feature)
5. Provide the ability to remotely wipe a device that has been lost or stolen
6. Allow for the configuration of security features such as required passwords and OS updates
7. Automatically identify and stop digital attacks on endpoints
8. Alert the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) of attacks on endpoints
9. Provide the SIRT team with the ability to respond, investigate, and remediate attacks on endpoints
10. Provide a flexible and configurable endpoint firewall solution
11. Provide antivirus functionality for endpoints

What is not necessary?

What the endpoint management solution does not do:

1. Content filtering
2. Collect, log or track personal activity (including website visits or purchases)
3. Remote viewing
4. Key-logging

Endpoint management technologies

Bramble has chosen the following endpoint technologies to comply with the various security, compliance, regulatory, and customer requirements we face.

DriveStrike

DriveStrike is a multi-OS device management solution used by system administrators to configure and automate IT administration tasks.

SentinelOne

SentinelOne is an endpoint detection and response technology used to secure and protect endpoints from malicious digital attacks. For more detail, please review the Endpoint Detection & Response page.