Fleetsmith Announces Dashboard, Audit Log for Improved Visibility, Accountability, and Compliance on Corporate Apple Devices

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Fleetsmith, the provider of secure, automated Apple device management, today announced two new product features that significantly enhance visibility, compliance, and security of corporate devices. The first is Dashboard, which proactively surfaces issues across the entire corporate device fleet so that administrators can pinpoint and address problems in a few clicks. The second is the audit log, a record of actions taken within Fleetsmith that helps teams stay accountable and simplifies compliance with standards like SOC 2. Dashboard is available to all admins now; the audit log feature will be available soon.

Easy-to-Use Dashboard Improves Admin Awareness and Efficiency
Dashboard surfaces issues and insights automatically, making it seamless to gain insight into an entire fleet, operationalizing a best practice. It is included in the free Fleetsmith Intelligence product, letting admins see the state of their device fleet at no cost.

Insights provided by Dashboard include:

• Enrollment: Devices that are not enrolled may be configured insecurely, but until they are enrolled, IT teams have no way of knowing it. That is why it is critical to enroll every device, and make sure they stay enrolled, since hackers can use one weak device as a beachhead to attack an entire company. Dashboard shows which employees have not yet enrolled their devices and which devices were previously enrolled but have stopped checking in.
• Disk encryption: Without disk encryption, anyone can copy all data off of a device, even if they do not have the device's password. Dashboard allows you to see which devices are not encrypted at a glance.
• OS Version: The only way to get all the security patches Apple releases is by running the latest version of the latest major OS release. Dashboard displays fleet-wide metrics for OS version, allowing admins to easily track the rollout of new OS versions across their fleet.
• Hardware health: Devices can fail at a critical moment due to dead batteries or full hard drives. Dashboard allows admins to identify these problems before they interrupt employees.

Dashboard adds additional functionality and value to both Fleetsmith products, Fleetsmith Intelligence and Fleetsmith Managed. It makes it easier than ever to spot problems with Fleetsmith Intelligence, the first free product for fleet intelligence, and the first free product to include simplified enrollment through Apple's Device Enrollment Program (DEP).

When combined with Fleetsmith Managed, Dashboard becomes even more powerful, giving admins the ability to solve any issue surfaced with a single click. These include OS and app installation, patching, disk encryption with automatic key escrow, remote lock and wipe, security settings enforcement, WiFi, and printer configuration.

"Dashboard acts as a power-up for Fleetsmith Intelligence, putting it ahead of many existing paid products in terms of ease of use and advanced functionality. And it makes remediation with Fleetsmith Managed as simple as a single click," said Zack Blum, CEO and co-founder of Fleetsmith. "Helping admins spot problems more efficiently has multiple benefits—it puts industry best practices within reach of smaller companies and lets larger IT teams streamline their workflows."

Audit Log Keeps IT Teams Accountable and Compliant
Fleetsmith's audit log creates peace of mind for admins by providing a crucial audit trail of actions taken within Fleetsmith.

With audit log, IT and security teams will be able to easily confirm which administrator performed important in-product actions, such as user management and deployment of apps and settings. This improves accountability and makes both internal and external audits easier—a win for companies like banks, security firms, and healthcare providers that undergo frequent inspection to comply with rigorous security standards.

"We're excited to bring our audit log feature to market, as this capability is critical for any security-conscious company and is especially important in highly-regulated industries. Our goal here is to make it easier than ever for companies to meet their exacting security standards with Fleetsmith," said Jesse Endahl, CPO, CSO and co-founder of Fleetsmith.

The audit log will include:

• Actions taken and a description of what was performed
• Who made a change (username of the administrator taking an action in Fleetsmith)
• When the action happened (timestamp)

To learn more about Fleetsmith, visit www.fleetsmith.com.

About Fleetsmith
Fleetsmith automates device setup, fleet intelligence, app and OS updates, and security across a company's Apple device fleet. Founded by former IT and security leaders from Dropbox and Fandom, Fleetsmith combines world-class product and security engineering with a powerful, intuitive interface that makes advanced Apple device management available for everyone. Fleetsmith is based in San Francisco and backed by Index Ventures, Harrison Metal, and Upfront Ventures. Try it for free at fleetsmith.com.

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