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by 15457345234 835 days ago
The issue is, actually having that discussion becomes very hard, because a lot of 'security consultants' basically rely on the commissions they get from selling that type of inherently-creating-a-single-point-of-compromise managementware.

So all of the 'experts' you might draft in to give you helpful advice will be telling you exactly the opposite of what you should be doing, which is reducing your attack surface as much as possible; cutting down, not increasing, the number of apps installed.

And don't get me started on MDMs, which are basically a rootkit that's only as benign as the guy sitting behind the operator panel.