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Workspace Automations with Mobile Threat Defense

On December 14, 2022, after more than 2 years, it was finally time again.

The vEUC TechCon 2022.

The EUC event for and by the community! This time we had Pathé Leidsche Rijn as a location, with a gigantic screen to display the coolest sessions and demos. On behalf of the entire vEUC TechCon organization, a huge thank you to our sponsors, our speakers and of course our visitors! We hope to see you again soon at a next vEUC TechCon!

Please find photos below to get an impression of the event:

vEUC TechCon is back!

We’re back baby! De vEUC TechCon keert terug op 14 December 2022 en is hét event voor en door de VMware End User Computing community. Bereid je voor op een geweldige dag vol kennisdeling, vette demo’s en heerlijk netwerken met oude bekenden en nieuwe gezichten! Dit jaar strijkt de vEUC TechCon neer in Pathé Leidsche Rijn, waar je na een geslaagde dag aansluitend als één van de eersten in Nederland Avatar: The Way of Water kunt kijken!

Schrijf je dus snel gratis in op de website!
https://veuctechcon.nl

We kijken ernaar om jullie allen weer te zien in december wanneer we de VMware EUC community met zijn allen vieren!

End User Computing – the Best Kind of Computing!

En heb jij een gaaf verhaal te delen met betrekking tot VMware End User Computing? Dien je sessie dan nu in via deze call for papers en wie weet schitter jij op het podium tijdens de terugkeer van de vEUC TechCon op 14 December in Utrecht!

https://www.papercall.io/veuctechcon2022

Attend the top EUC sessions at VMware Explore

VMworld has been transformed into VMware Explore and will take place in Barcelona at the Fira Gran Via, 7 – 10 November 2022.

Discover the latest innovations in unified endpoint management (UEM) from VMware Workspace ONE! During the event, we’ll cover the benefits of drop ship onboarding, patch management at scale, custom workflow automation, how XR headsets improve user training, and more. From frontline to hybrid to remote workers, you’ll see how Workspace ONE enhances user, and IT experiences—all from a single console.

Here are the top UEM sessions to attend:

• Solutions Keynote – Setting the North Star for a Hybrid Work World [EUSK2299EUR]

• On the Front Lines: Grow Your Business & Improve DEX for Frontline Workers [EUSB1858EUR]

• Modern Solutions for Modern Management: Optimize UEM with Workspace ONE [EUSB2935EUR]

• What’s new in Mobile Endpoint Management with Workspace ONE UEM [EUSB2078EURD]

• Vestas Wind Systems: Enabling Business Critical Work Processes with Workspace One [EUSB2646EUR]

• Modernize Desktop and Mobile Management with Workspace ONE [EUSB2125EURD]

• Apps Everywhere: Mastering the Eight Activities of Modern App Management [EUSB2868EUR]

• On the Front Lines: Workspace ONE for Frontline Workers Technical Deep Dive [EUSB2082EURD]

Need more information, check out the customized UEM agenda to learn more.

VMware Mobile Threat Defense – Part 1

In my last blogpost I talked about VMware SASE, click here if you missed it!

With more and more people using their mobile devices to access corporate data, the device needs to be secure. And while we are used to add security on top of a MDM platform such as VMware UEM, this is not yet the case for mobile devices. Not enough anyway.

This post tells you what it is and how it looks. Do you want to implement it? Wait for Part 2!

Today’s mobile threat landscape is diverse, and mobile workstyles call for specialized protection from phishing and application, device, and rogue network originated threats. VMware Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense was created with comprehensive mobile protection in mind. Through integrations with the Workspace ONE platform, mobile security is easy to deploy and manage, and offers enhanced protection designed to secure your workspace and enhance Zero Trust initiatives.

With Mobile Threat Defense, it is now super easy to add a great security product to mobile devices.

So what does it do? It checks the devices beyond what a MDM tool can do. It can find Man-In-The-Middle Attacks, Zero-Days, Vulnerabilities, bad apps and much more. Connecting it to a MDM tool like Workspace ONE UEM, it’s possible to automate actions when a threat is found. Like quarantining the device or denying access to applications and networks.

From a basic setup perspective, it will only take between 10 and 15 minutes and this guide shows all the steps to do it.
The products needed:

  • VMware Workspace ONE UEM
  • Mobile Threat Defense (Lookout Console)
  • A mobile device to test.

The console is easy to understand and looks as follows:

The main dashboard shows how many devices in your fleet are secured and what kind of threats are present. On the left, the console shows the different categories. This way it’s easy to see threats from a device, issue or app perspective.

On the end user side, there are two ways to deploy.

  1. Intelligent Hub app integration.
  2. Lookout for Work app

The Intelligent Hub is the easiest as it does not require more apps to maintain for IT. And it’s easier for the end user as well, one app for both management and securing devices. While the Lookout for Work app is able to see a bit more, such as phishing emails, more and more features are implemented in the Intelligent Hub.

This is how a secure devices versus an unsecured device looks like:


Besides showing that an issue has been found, the user is also shown how to resolve the issue, like removing an application or disconnecting from a network. Relieving the strain on IT again.

While this post gave a brief overview, part 2 will show how to set it up.

VMware SASE Explained, Part 1.

SASE. What is it?

In this post I’ll explain what it is, what it does!
Want to configure it yourself? That will come in Part 2.

So, what is SASE? Secure Access Service Edge. Now you know exactly what it is right? No? I had the same thought when I first started looking into it.
It basically means you can connect to a Server/PoP (Point of Presence), that can check your internet traffic and make cool decisions based on the content. Here is a picture of how the flow looks from left to right:

You, the user, connects to a VMware SASE PoP. From there it could connect you to the cloud, websites and internal resources. VMware SASE then decides whether this is allowed or not, based on rules created within SASE.

Still no clue what it means? Let me explain with an example:
You get an email with a malicious link in it, you click on it and it’s magically blocked. How? Because VMware SASE saw that it was a malicious link and blocked it before it could affect your device. Great right?

The cool thing with VMware SASE is that it can block or check the things you do online, without interfering with user experience. It can even improve user experience, as it integrates with Velocloud SD-WAN. This all means, as a company, you can make sure you keep your digital estate safe. And users can browse while being safe (or safer at least).

Through VMware SASE, multiple services are offered:

  • Secure Access is a Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) platform that provides encrypted tunneled access between any entity and internal applications (DC, IaaS or PaaS).
  • Cloud Web Security is a Secure Web Gateway (SWG) platform based on proxy architecture that provides security services for Internet or SaaS traffic.
  • SD-WAN is a software-defined overlay network virtualisation technology for transporting WAN communications that ensures the best possible performance and security.

The great benefit that VMware offers, is a tightly integrated and efficient platform with one management plane for both the Security and Networking sides of SASE. And you can also start with just the networking or security functionality and add more over time.

Within Cloud Web Security, several protections are offered:

  • SSL decryption: 80% of web applications are SSL encrypted. By decrypting the traffic, CWS can see what data is inside the traffic so it can make decisions. It’s also possible to bypass SSL decryption when needed, such as specific websites.
  • URL filtering helps IT control which websites users can access based on categories or threats.
  • Content Filtering helps control the type of document and file that can be uploaded or downloaded.
  • Anti- Malware helps protect users when they download emails, documents or access active web sites against known viruses.
  • Sandbox. New viruses continue to get introduced daily and it is imperative the solution can respond to Day-0 malware attacks. CWS uses a Sandbox to offer protection from those Day-0 attacks by unpacking in a sandbox.
  • Cloud Access Security Broker enables IT teams to get visibility into sanctioned and unsanctioned SaaS applications. This helps IT determine what activities can users undertake when they access these applications. Can employees login, upload and download files from Drop Box? Should summer interns only be allowed to upload documents to Drop Box? Can contractors who are allowed to download files from Drop Box attach that file to the LinkedIn email? CASB helps with this.
  • Data Loss Prevention. CWS ensures sensitive company data does not leave the enterprise perimeter, such as phone numbers or bank details. This is possible for both HTTP as HTTPS data, and for files that contains the data.

With all these features, you can keep your data and users safe. Integrating it with UEM, it can be easily deployed too.

That explains the what, the how comes in Part 2!
Questions? Let me know in the comments.

VMworld 2021, 5 must watch EUC sessions

The VMworld 2021 catalog is online and there is a lot to choose from. If you are looking for sessions related to the Anywhere Workspace, check out these EUC sessions.


The first session I recommend you should watch is all about our EUC Vision and announcements with Shawn Bass. This session shows how we move forward with the Anywhere Workspace solution and will include the most important updates. If you are looking for one session that covers the updates without going into depth, this is the one for you.

Solution Keynote Part 1: Vision and Announcements [EUS2470]

Building on the Anywhere Workspace keynote, Shawn Bass, CTO for VMware EUC, will go in-depth on the vision and announcements for VMware Workspace ONE and Horizon. Part 1 cover the critical relationship between employee experience and zero trust security, as well as the role of automation.

Following up on the previous session, Shawn Bass will go into the weeds on SASE and Horizon. After the first Keynote, there is still be a lot to be told. So if you are looking to learn more about enabling Multi-Cloud Virtual Desktops & Application Delivery, this is the one for you.

Solution Keynote Part 2: Technical Deep Dives on SASE and Horizon [EUS2467]

The EUC Solution keynote continues with a deep dive into two important topics. First, Shawn Bass will talk about VMware SASE, VMware Secure Access, and what they mean for end-user computing strategies in a world of distributed work. Next, we will take look at what’s new in Horizon, and a deep dive into what’s coming next.

Ever wondered where the “Extreme” bit from Blast Extreme is referring to? In this session, seeing is believing. Johan Van Amersfoort, who recently wrote his second book VDI Design Guide Part II, will share his knowledge and expertise in this technical session. With demo’s, usecases and customer experiences, Johan, together with Matt Coppinger and Spencer Pitts, will blow you away.

It’s also one of the sessions that got the VMworld People’s Choice Award, so make sure you check this one out!

Blasting your way into the Extreme with VMware Horizon [EUS1834]

You will witness VMware Horizon hosting insanely intensive workloads, from cloud gaming and immersive VR training to movie making and warfighting simulation. We will show what it takes to extend VMware Horizon beyond your typical VDI use cases and into the realms of media production, gaming, simulation, training and more. You will also learn how customers are utilising VMware Horizon, Blast Extreme and more to deliver next generation services during a global pandemic. Oh, and did we mention that we will show you some demos which will blow you away? This is a must-see session for any EUC enthusiast!

Matt Coppinger, Director, Product Management, EUC, VMware

Spencer Pitts, Chief Technologist, VMware

Johan Van Amersfoort, Technologist EUC, ITQ

If you have a Tech+ Pass for VMworld then you should definitely check this on out: “Meet the Expert” for End-User Computing.
You can ask any question and the expert will answer it the best they can, as long it has something to do with EUC 🙂

Ask Me Anything from the End-User Computing Experts [EUS2636]

Meet the End User Computing experts, bring your questions and ask us anything. These experts are prepared to answer your toughest questions spanning from virtual desktops and apps, unified endpoint management, security, to practical tips and tricks, successful implementations…the list goes on.

Christopher Dayton, Director, VMware

Spencer Pitts, Chief Technologist, VMware

And then, last but definitely not least, Johan Van Amersfoort will do an incredibly cool demo, together with CTO of Synterex, Jon Towles. I won’t say too much but you will not be disappointed 🙂


VDI Nerdfest 2021: Demos That Make Admins Drool
[EUS1289]

At VMworld 2020, Johan Van Amersfoort presented The Nerdfest VDI Demo which blew the audience away because of the great demos which involved Horizon, Bitfusion, GPUs, ML, etc. The Nerdfest VDI Demo was an enormous success and deserves a 2021 edition. For The Nerdfest EUC Demo, Johan has teamed up with mobility expert Jon Towles to bring you a next-level, demo-packed session that will combine the slick Day 0/1 onboarding experience, with some custom-built Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub Virtual Assistant (AVA) workflows, and integration into VMware Horizon for modern managed, full clone desktops. This session promises to show you a mix of real-life use cases and some serious “Art of the Possible”

Jon Towles, CTO, Synterex

Johan Van Amersfoort, Technologist EUC, ITQ

Hope to see you there!

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