Frequently Asked Questions
OpenIY is built compliance-first, not device-first.
Traditional MDMs start with OS controls and later map them to compliance. OpenIY inverts this approach by:
Starting with regulatory and policy requirements
Translating them into device posture and enforcement profiles
Deploying controls in minutes across Android and iOS
This makes OpenIY particularly effective for regulated SMBs and growing enterprises that need immediate compliance alignment without MDM complexity
Compliance-first means OpenIY allows organizations to:
Select multiple compliance frameworks simultaneously (e.g., ISO 27001, DPDP, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
Automatically collate overlapping controls
Generate a single, unified device compliance profile
Enforce it consistently across BYOD and corporate devices
Most competing tools require manual policy mapping per framework, increasing audit risk and operational effort
No. OpenIY operates agentless on Android and iOS.
Advantages over competitors:
No performance degradation
Lower employee resistance (critical for BYOD)
Reduced attack surface
Faster onboarding
In contrast, Intune, Jamf, ScaleFusion, and Hexnode rely heavily on device agents or profiles that increase management overhead.
OpenIY is explicitly built for entrepreneurs and SMBs, without sacrificing enterprise-grade controls.
This contrasts with:
Intune and Jamf: enterprise-heavy, admin-intensive
ScaleFusion and Hexnode: device-centric, not compliance-centric
OpenIY simplifies security decision-making for non-specialist IT teams while remaining audit-ready.
OpenIY maintains:
Centralized compliance posture visibility
Traceability between controls and enforcement
Unified reporting across devices and standards
This directly reduces audit fatigue compared to tools where evidence must be manually correlated across systems.
Yes. OpenIY is designed for regulated and data-sensitive sectors, including:
Financial Services
IT & ITES
Manufacturing
Retail
Healthcare and frontline environments
OpenIY was explicitly designed for entrepreneur-led and SMB environments, where BYOD is common.
Capabilities include:
Separation of corporate and personal data
Conditional access based on device posture
No invasive device control
Compliance enforcement without full device takeover
Many traditional MDMs treat BYOD as a restricted subset of corporate device management; OpenIY treats it as a first-class use case.
OpenIY integrates natively with Zero Trust providers such as Cloudflare and identity systems via plugins.
Key differentiators:
Device posture-based access, not just identity
Conditional access enforced before data access
Mandatory MFA / biometric enforcement
No dependency on a single ecosystem (Microsoft or Google)
This avoids vendor lock-in common with Intune (Microsoft-centric) and Google Endpoint Management.
OpenIY provides AI usage governance, which is largely absent or immature in competing MDMs.
Capabilities include:
Blocking unauthorized AI tools (“Shadow AI”)
Allowlisting approved enterprise AI applications
Enforcing data boundary policies during AI interactions
Protecting customer data, PHI, and IP when AI tools are used
This directly supports modern compliance risks highlighted in your use cases
Yes. OpenIY enforces contextual data handling governance, including:
Disabling risky peripherals (USB, clipboard, local storage)
Enforcing encryption and secure backups
Restricting personal cloud storage access
Conditional data exposure based on compliance posture
Most legacy MDMs rely on static DLP rules, whereas OpenIY evaluates posture + context.
OpenIY enables compliance-ready device posture in minutes, not weeks.
Why:
Pre-mapped compliance controls
Automated profile generation
Agentless deployment
Web-based configuration
Competing platforms often require:
OS-specific expertise
Extensive policy authoring
Long pilot cycles
Organizations choose OpenIY when they want:
Faster compliance adoption
Lower operational complexity
Stronger AI governance
Vendor-agnostic Zero Trust
BYOD without employee friction
OpenIY competes not by feature parity alone, but by redefining the operating model of MDM.