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Numerous organizations leverage AD to manage system access and entitlements. AD offers IT admins centralized identity management for Windows, but it must be supplemented with on-premises or SaaS add-ons to manage a modern IT infrastructure including federating identity to web applications, supporting remote workers, and managing compliance and security for non-Windows services. Numerous single sign-on<\/a> (SSO) vendors are available to extend AD to centralize identity management<\/a>, including Okta. Admins may also select Jamf MDM<\/a> \u2014 an Apple\u00ae<\/sup> mobile device management<\/a> solution to ensure that all of their endpoints are being managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn about Jamf vs. Intune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n IT professionals also adopt Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), cost-effective Samba-based file servers, Wi-Fi and VPN networks, and other systems to meet changing technical requirements. That obligates them to integrate even more systems with AD to manage access control, which will inevitably lead to increased operational costs<\/a> as data centers grow in size and complexity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, IAM and device management point solutions help IT admins by modernizing AD. They can handle special use cases, improve security, and help to meet strict compliance mandates. Let\u2019s face it, some admins may just want to use the \u201cbest of breed\u201d solution for every requirement without giving much thought to the complexities of managing and supporting a siloed IT infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud resides in the same categories as Okta and Jamf, but takes a different approach with unified IAM for on-premises and cloud applications, an open directory, and UEM across all endpoints. Integrating device and identity management creates tangible benefits for SMEs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n Breaking Up with Active Directory <\/p>\n \n Don\u2019t let your directory hold you back. Learn why it\u2019s time to break up with AD. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n You\u2019ve probably already checked out Okta and Jamf, if you\u2019ve come this far. They offer robust enterprise-sized solutions that we\u2019ll detail below. So, let\u2019s learn about what JumpCloud does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, let\u2019s take a deeper technical dive, starting with JumpCloud\u2019s IAM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SSO and <\/strong>Multi-Factor Authentication<\/strong><\/a> (MFA) Capabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Advanced Lifecycle Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Reporting and Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unified Endpoint Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Okta provides enterprise-grade IAM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SSO and MFA Capabilities <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Comparable baseline SSO for web protocols and multi-factor authentication functionality, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Okta\u2019s ThreatInsight, a security intelligence layer with threat hunting, blocks suspicious users and has audit logs. It also include enterprise-focused features such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Advanced Lifecycle Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Okta provides provisioning capabilities and identity lifecycle management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reporting and Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Okta provides a reporting interface that analyzes user activity, security events, and system logs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unified Endpoint Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Okta integrates with third-party UEM systems, and are considered managed when a user profile is associated with a device management solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Okta Versus JumpCloud, Third-Party Research<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n JAMF specializes in managing Apple devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SSO and MFA Capabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamf doesn\u2019t provide SSO and SAML\/SCIM-based user provisioning, RADIUS, or cloud LDAP. MFA requires a third-party identity provider (IdP). It relies upon partnerships and integrations with other enterprise-focused vendors such as Microsoft and Okta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamf offers basic IP address conditional access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Advanced Lifecycle Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The enterprise edition of Jamf offers identity-based account provisioning enterprise. However, full lifecycle management requires integrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reporting and Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamf\u2019s enterprise subscription provides insights into risks and the ability to take policy actions to mitigate them. The platform will monitor and enforce device compliance and endpoint telemetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unified Endpoint Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamf is limited to Apple products, but it delivers a deep set of features for that platform. Its enterprise pricing tier enables well-defined compliance use cases that map to industry frameworks such as NIST. This is an advantage for very large organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamf requires integrations<\/a> to manage non-Apple devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SSO and MFA Capabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Active Directory provides domain logins for Windows networks. Microsoft has no direct cloud-based replacement<\/a>. It requires add-ons<\/a> to federate identity cross-domain and to web applications. MFA is not included with AD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Advanced Lifecycle Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Customizations and add-ons are required for AD lifecycle management. Entitlements are assigned and managed manually with low maturity for entitlements management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reporting and Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Many SMEs deploy third-party reporting tools for AD, but it\u2019s possible to build directory reports using queries and scripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unified Endpoint Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Active Directory only manages Windows devices via Group Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An SME should make an appraisal of its capacity to implement and support multiple point solutions. The primary challenges with software add-ons are time consumption and expensive integration. Integration of add-ons places a major strain on your IT\/sysadmin\/developer resources as they need to become experts in individual tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Often, integrating add-ons requires a skillset beyond most IT organizations, which then translates to costs such as professional services or external consultants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monolithic systems like AD are architecturally complex and may be difficult to integrate. AD also requires significant on-prem infrastructure to implement and maintain. Additionally, from an IT perspective, each business unit views and uses data differently. System integrators then have to figure out how they can create a single view of each data set that will satisfy all users across an organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Integration and costs aren\u2019t the only challenges with add-ons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The dramatic shift to the cloud and its respective challenges of integration, tool management, security, and usability have left many IT organizations wondering if there is a better approach to access control and device management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are Integrated MDM\/EMM and IAM Vendors Really Zero Trust?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The high level benefit for SMEs is that unifying cross-domain identity and device management reduces costs, improves operational efficiencies, strengthens cybersecurity, supports workplace<\/a> and identity transformation, and reduces the pressure on your IT admins and security teams. JumpCloud is also an open directory that integrates with other directories, including AD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This modern approach eliminates the need to have Active Directory plus all of the numerous add-ons for web app SSO, MFA, system management\/MDM<\/a>, auditing\/governance, and other needs. One key difference between JumpCloud and AD + Okta + Jamf is that our IAM platform lives entirely in the cloud and requires no infrastructure on-prem. This approach can be more cost-effective for SMEs that would otherwise pay more to integrate point solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The JumpCloud platform offers IT professionals centralized management over cross-platform system environments, web and on-prem applications, traditional and virtual storage solutions, and networks spanning multiple locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The IT Professional\u2019s Guide to Calculating TCO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud offers a free Active Directory Integration<\/a> tool that populates users into its cloud directory for SSO and assigns users to managed devices across all platforms. Windows MDM provides tamper-proof policies and a Windows agent gathers telemetry, runs commands against endpoints, and enables remote assistance for streamlined IT administration. Read this blog to compare using a handful of solutions to manage your IT environment versus using a single cloud directory platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":47697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2337],"tags":[],"collection":[2778,2777,2780],"platform":[],"funnel_stage":[3014],"coauthors":[2535],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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The Best Approach to Access Control and Device Management?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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IT admins can manage a wider range of IT resources with JumpCloud\u2019s open directory platform while reducing costs and management overhead. Sign up for an individualized demo<\/a> today. JumpCloud also offers a variety of Professional Services<\/a> to help ease the load your employees face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"