Understand Unmanaged Mobile Devices and Umbrella Coverage

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Updated:September 15, 2025
Document ID:224919

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    Introduction

    This document describes how Umbrella protects any (modern) Android or iOS device with Umbrella coverage without a MDM.

    Background Information

    The target audience of this feature is two organization types:

    • Small business without a MDM subscription
    • Larger organization with some unmanaged devices in the deployment mix (such as employee devices) that voluntary coverage is desired to be offered

    Are there any major differences from managed coverage?

    User interaction is required to activate coverage, and users are able to deactivate coverage at any time. Additionally, due to iOS restrictions, the protection status is only updated when the end user has opened the Cisco Security Connector application. Coverage-is-active confirmation can be found by checking reporting data.

    Deployment

    To deploy, navigate to the Mobile Devices page under the Deployments menu. Then, open the "Manage" menu and follow the prompts for unmanaged mobile devices.

    Related Documents

    Documentation for admins and end users can be found here: https://docs.umbrella.com/umbrella-user-guide/docs/umbrella-unmanaged-mobile-device-protection.

    Revision History

    Revision Publish Date Comments
    1.0
    18-Sep-2025
    Initial Release
    TAC Authored

    Contributed by Cisco Engineers

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