AI wo kloads a e movi g out of the cloud a d o to devices, a d as they do, the e dpoi t is o lo ge simply whe e wo k happe s. It is i c easi gly whe e i tellige ce happe s, whe e data is i te p eted, decisio s a e suppo ted, a d se sitive i fo matio is p ocessed at the edge. That shift is ope i g a gove a ce gap. Whe employees tu to co sume AI tools to move faste , co po ate data ca flow i to platfo ms that sit e ti ely outside IT ove sight. As the stakes ise, ma y o ga izatio s a e also ethi ki g device st ategy, eevaluati g b i g-you -ow -device p og ams a d shifti g towa d co po ate-ow ed, pe so ally e abled models that give IT g eate visibility a d co t ol.
I espo se, e dpoi t ma ageme t is evolvi g f om a outi e IT admi ist atio task i to a fou datio al laye fo secu ity, gove a ce, a d defe se. Rathe tha ba i g AI out ight, o ga izatio s a e buildi g gua d ails a ou d it, a d t aditio al mobile device ma ageme t is becomi g a co t ol pla e fo p otecti g data a d gove i g i tellige ce at the edge.
“E dpoi t ma ageme t has e te ed a ew e a,” said Elizabeth Kli gseise , Se io Vice P eside t of Ma keti g at St atix. “O ga izatio s clea ly see the oppo tu ity i AI at the edge, but they a e also telli g us they have eal co ce s about secu ity, gove a ce, a d visibility. That is why e dpoi t ma ageme t is ow a st ategic impe ative a d ca o lo ge be t eated as just a back-office IT fu ctio .”
AI at the edge is gai i g t actio . Fo ty-seve pe ce t of espo de ts said they a e ve y o ext emely familia with AI at the edge.Hyb id AI leads cu e t deployme t models. Thi ty-five pe ce t epo ted usi g a combi atio of cloud a d edge AI, mo e tha a y othe app oach.O ga izatio s a e co tai i g AI, ot ba i g it. Seve ty pe ce t use co tai e izatio a d 65% use applicatio -level co t ols to sepa ate co po ate data f om pe so al use.
E dpoi t ma ageme t is becomi g a secu ity co t ol laye . Seve ty-th ee pe ce t desc ibed e dpoi t ma ageme t as c itical o impo ta t to thei secu ity a chitectu e.Platfo m sp awl c eates st ai . Respo de ts epo ted usi g th ee o mo e e dpoi t ma ageme t platfo ms o ave age, a d a ked i c eased secu ity isk a d gaps as the leadi g impact of usi g multiple platfo ms.AI-powe ed th eats equi e AI-powe ed defe se. Seve ty-fou pe ce t ag eed that AI-d ive e dpoi t secu ity is esse tial to defe d agai st mode th eats, while 62% said they al eady use AI-d ive featu es withi thei e dpoi t ma ageme t platfo ms.
“AI is c eati g t eme dous value fo e te p ises, but it’s also c eati g ew pathways fo isk. We’ e seei g o ga izatio s take a much close look at thei BYOD p og ams as they wo k to bala ce employee flexibility with secu ity a d complia ce equi eme ts. Goi g fo wa d, o ga izatio s that succeed will be the o es that t eat e dpoi t ma ageme t as a st ategic capability athe tha a admi ist ative fu ctio ,” Kli gseise added.
The full epo t, The State of MDM i 2026: Why a d how o ga izatio s a e ethi ki g thei e dpoi t ma ageme t st ategy i the AI wo ld, is available at: https://ww3.st atixco p.com/lp/state-of-mdm-2026
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