Businesses are fast becoming dependent on interconnected devices[1], particularly Android devices, to drive productivity and streamline operations. Given the rising number of cyber incidents involving Android devices[2], as a CISO or IT administrator, you recognize that the stakes have never been higher. Securing and managing these endpoints has become a critical priority, especially as businesses increasingly rely on them.

The challenge? Relying on traditional IT management tools is like using a wrench designed for simple fixes on a complex system. As businesses evolve to a mobile-first workforce, the need for precision, scalability, and flexibility becomes even more crucial—qualities that legacy tools simply can’t provide.
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) for Android provides the precision and control needed to overcome these challenges, ensuring seamless security and management across all devices—whether smartphones, laptops, desktops, rugged devices, or IoT. It is the ideal solution for managing Android devices, offering a unified approach to securing and optimizing your entire mobile ecosystem.
What exactly is UEM for Android devices, and how does it help reduce risks and threats? If you’re wondering the same, keep reading for a clear breakdown of the answers.
What is UEM for Android devices?
According to Gartner[1], a unified endpoint management (UEM) tool is a software-based tool that provides agent and agentless management of computers and mobile devices through a single console.
Simply put, Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) for Android is like an all-in-one tool for IT and security teams, enabling them to manage, secure, and monitor all their devices in their environment—desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets, wearables—through a single platform, no matter where they are or what operating system they use.
UEM combines the capabilities of traditional mobile management tools, such as Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Mobile Application Management (MAM), with those of tools that manage both on-premises and remote PCs.
Key benefits of UEM for Android devices
1. Centralized control
Managing devices across an organization can quickly become chaotic, but centralized control simplifies the process and makes it seamless. With a centralized view from a single dashboard, UEM makes it easier to manage all endpoints—smartphones, laptops, desktops, and IoT devices. IT teams can enforce consistent policies, security settings, and configurations across all devices. This centralized approach simplifies device management, reduces complexity, and ensures security, making IT operations more efficient and streamlined.

2. Enhanced security
UEM enables businesses to enforce security policies like encryption, strong passwords, and MFA across all devices. In case of loss or theft, IT teams can remotely wipe devices to protect sensitive data. This helps businesses identify and resolve vulnerabilities before they escalate.
3. Increased productivity
UEM boosts IT productivity by reducing workload and security risks with a centralized dashboard that enables IT and security teams to manage and secure all endpoint devices. UEM for Android automates device enrollment and provides real-time monitoring. It also ensures consistent policy application across smartphones, laptops, desktops, and IoT devices running on Android. This minimizes errors, reduces manual updates, and enhances efficiency, allowing teams to focus on more strategic tasks and respond to security threats faster.
4. Compliance and regulatory adherence
Compliance with industry regulations is crucial for businesses, especially those in sectors like healthcare, finance, and retail. Android UEM tools help organizations stay compliant by enforcing policies that ensure devices meet regulatory standards such as GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and others.
UEM platforms for Android devices can automate compliance checks, track device activities, and provide real-time reports, ensuring that devices are secure and operating within the required guidelines. This helps businesses avoid penalties and legal risks associated with non-compliance, while also building trust with customers and partners.
How UEM improves endpoint security
With cyberattacks on the rise and mobile devices increasingly becoming prime targets, endpoint security has never been more crucial for businesses. UEM solutions provide a robust framework for managing device security, minimizing vulnerabilities, and ensuring that business-critical data remains protected.
Here’s how UEM enhances endpoint security:
1. Real-time threat detection and response: One of the key advantages of UEM is its ability to monitor endCompliance points in real time. UEM solutions continuously track device activities and issue alerts if suspicious behavior or security breaches are detected.
Integrating Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) solutions with UEM further strengthens security by detecting and blocking threats, alerting users, and quarantining compromised devices. It also addresses issues like zero-day vulnerabilities—previously unknown security flaws that hackers can exploit before developers have a chance to patch them.
Real-time monitoring allows businesses to stay ahead of cyber threats. UEM tools can quickly detect malware, unauthorized access attempts, or risky behaviors on Android devices, enabling IT teams to take immediate action and minimize potential damage.
For instance, the Google Play Protect API enhances security by allowing IT admins to check device integrity, security, and compliance. It analyzes firmware and hardware to ensure devices remain unmodified and compatible with work apps. By leveraging SafetyNet attestation, UEM also assists in implementing strict compliance and generates alerts if any suspicious behavior or security breaches are detected, based on the security policies you’ve defined for your Android device fleet.
2. App Management: Malicious apps are one of the most common vectors for security breaches on mobile devices. UEM platforms provide businesses with the ability to manage which apps are installed on Android devices, ensuring that only trusted, approved apps are used.
UEM can enforce whitelisting certain apps and browser extensions, restrict app permissions, preventing employees from downloading and using risky apps that could compromise the security of the device. Moreover, UEM solutions enable businesses to push updates to apps, ensuring that apps on Android devices are always up-to-date and free of vulnerabilities.
3. Remote monitoring and management: In addition to real-time monitoring, UEM allows businesses to remotely manage Android devices. IT teams can troubleshoot issues, configure settings, and apply security patches remotely without needing to physically access the device. This reduces downtime and ensures that Android devices remain secure and compliant at all times.
Streamlining Android device management
UEM solutions provide businesses with the flexibility to manage and secure Android devices in a way that suits their specific needs and policies. With Android devices making up over 71% of the global smartphone market[2], businesses need an active strategy to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance. UEM supports a range of deployment strategies, ensuring that devices are secure, monitored, and compliant.
The three main deployment models supported by UEM are:
1. COD (Corporate-Owned Devices): Corporate-owned devices (COD) are issued and managed by the organization, allowing businesses to maintain full control over the devices employees use for work. According to Gartner, organizations with strict COD policies report a 25% reduction in security incidents, as they can enforce uniform security measures across all devices.
COD policies are ideal for companies that require strict oversight of work-related devices, including work phones, handheld devices, rugged devices, and custom devices, ensuring data integrity and compliance across the organization.
UEM platforms allow businesses to fully manage and secure corporate-owned Android devices, ensuring that they are compliant with organizational policies and security standards. UEM tools can remotely configure devices, deploy apps, and monitor device usage to ensure that employees are using the devices for work-related activities only.
2. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device): BYOD is an increasingly popular policy that allows employees to use their personal Android devices for work purposes. While BYOD offers flexibility and cost savings, it also presents security challenges, as personal devices may not adhere to the organization’s security standards.
UEM helps mitigate these challenges by enabling businesses to securely manage BYOD devices. With UEM, IT teams can create separate containers for personal and corporate data, enforce security policies, and remotely wipe corporate data if necessary. This allows employees to use their devices for work without compromising the security of sensitive information while also leveraging a seamless user experience.
3. COPE /WPCO (Corporate-Owned, Personally Enabled): COPE more commonly known as WPCO (work profile on corporate-owned devices) is a hybrid deployment model that combines elements of both BYOD and COD. In a COPE/WPCO environment, businesses provide employees with corporate-owned devices, but employees are also allowed to use these devices for personal activities.
With UEM, businesses can securely manage COPE/WPCO Android devices by enrolling specific device profiles, enforcing security policies, controlling app usage, and ensuring that personal data remains separate from corporate data. This flexible approach allows employees to enjoy the benefits of personal use while maintaining a high level of security and control.
Why invest in UEM Tools?
Investing in UEM tools is crucial for businesses looking to manage their Android devices efficiently and securely. Here’s why:
- Scalability: UEM platforms such as Scalefusion UEM can offer scalable solutions that allow organizations to seamlessly grow their device fleet without compromising security or manageability. As device numbers grow, Scalefusion UEM efficiently scales to support diverse use cases, from employee devices to business applications. It also provides multi-OS support, enabling businesses to manage not just Android devices but iOS, Windows, Linux, and other operating systems under a unified solution, ensuring consistency and control across all devices.
With its intuitive interface and advanced features, it enables businesses to secure, monitor, and configure devices remotely, no matter their size or location.
- Centralized visibility: UEM simplifies global workforce management, no matter the location. Admins can easily control key device parameters like performance, data usage, and connectivity for efficient oversight. Scalefusion UEM provides a unified view of the device inventory, enabling businesses to make informed decisions, optimize resources, and safeguard digital assets. It ensures that devices remain secure, perform optimally, and stay aligned with business objectives.
- Improved employee experience: UEM solutions deliver a seamless and secure mobile experience, ensuring a uniform, intuitive interface across all devices. With the plug-and-play approach, Scalefusion UEM further enhances a quick, hassle-free deployment and immediate usability, reducing setup time and improving overall efficiency.
By integrating Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities, UEM protects sensitive company data across all devices, preventing unauthorized access, sharing, or leakage. This enhanced data security leads to higher employee satisfaction, better productivity, and fewer disruptions to daily operations.
Scalefusion UEM for Android: A comprehensive solution
Imagine a UEM as the command center for an organization’s device fleet strategy, ensuring that every device—from employee smartphones to tablets—is secure, compliant, and optimized for performance. Solutions like Scalefusion UEM provide a centralized approach to managing Android devices, offering advanced features to meet the complex needs of modern enterprises.
Here’s an overview of how some of these features align with business needs:
- Device enrollment: Simplified enrollment of Android devices through various methods such as Zero-touch, IMEI-based, QR code, Samsung KME, EMM, etc. allowing IT admins to quickly onboard multiple devices while maintaining control over the process. Out of Box deployment (OOB) ensures devices are pre-configured with necessary settings and applications right out of the box, with low to no end-user intervention for users. This eliminates manual configurations, reducing setup time and errors during deployment.
- Device configuration: Android device management enables administrators to remotely configure essential settings such as Wi-Fi, email accounts, VPN connections, and branding. This ensures consistency across all devices and reduces the chances of configuration errors, streamlining device setup for employees.
- Application management: Elevate app management with Scalefusion’s powerful suite of proprietary apps, designed to optimize technology for greater efficiency, intelligence, and security. Gain control over your data and applications to enhance security, streamline operations, and drive customer satisfaction. In conjugation with it, Scalefusion UEM makes it easy to manage Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)—those sleek, app-like web experiences that work seamlessly across devices. Admins can install them remotely on EMM-managed devices straight from the managed Google Play Store.
- Content management: Streamline and standardize content management while keeping it dynamic and professional. Scalefusion UEM’s powerful features give admins greater control and flexibility at every step. Whether you’re working with different file formats, looping content, setting time intervals, or enforcing landscape mode, Scalefusion ensures a consistent viewing experience.
Easily upload content via a Google Drive URL, customize presentations, and publish with a single click to device groups or individual devices. Scalefusion makes it simple to keep your content fresh, professional, and always up to date.

- Security policy enforcement: Customize comprehensive security policies across all managed Android devices. These policies are tailored to meet specific business needs and may include password requirements, encryption, and access control rules to safeguard sensitive data, ensuring that corporate security standards are consistently maintained.
- Shared device management: Automatically switch profiles for secure and convenient device sharing based on the logged-in user, ensuring access to the appropriate tools and applications. By enabling user-based profile switching, businesses enhance security and user experience, simplifying the management of devices used by multiple employees throughout the day.
- Geofencing and location tracking: Geofencing capabilities allow businesses to set virtual boundaries on a map. When a managed Android device enters or exits these areas, actions can be triggered automatically. Location tracking provides real-time monitoring of devices, which is especially beneficial for asset management, field services, and employee safety.
- Web content filtering: Web content filtering enables businesses to control the websites and content accessible on Android devices, ensuring employees stay productive and minimizing security risks from harmful or non-business-related content.
- Automated workflows: UEM solutions automate workflows to ensure devices remain compliant with security standards, software updates, and internal policies. By automating routine tasks, IT teams can focus on more strategic initiatives while maintaining compliance and efficiency.
- Data retention options: Select data retention settings to preserve essential information while performing tasks like a factory reset. This ensures that critical data, such as SD card content, remains intact, allowing for seamless device management and minimizing the risk of losing valuable data.
- Device insights and reporting: Gain valuable insights into device usage patterns through comprehensive tracking and reporting features. Streamline better decision-making and optimized device management to identify trends, monitor performance, and ensure devices are used efficiently and securely.
By leveraging these features, businesses can streamline Android device management, enhancing security, productivity, and compliance across their workforce.
Final words
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) is a crucial tool for businesses that rely on Android devices. It streamlines device management, enhances security, boosts productivity, and ensures compliance across your entire organization. By implementing a UEM solution like Scalefusion, you can manage all endpoints—whether personal or corporate—with confidence and ease.
Don’t you think it’s time to stop juggling multiple tools and streamline Android device management to the next level? Let Scalefusion help you streamline and secure your mobile fleet today!
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