Mosyle announces AccessMule to solve a major blind spot in SMB security

One of the most common blind spots in small business security is access management. Today’s IT teams are moving fast, solving problems for customers, and juggling shifting responsibilities as the business grows and evolves. Many SMBs also don’t have a dedicated IT team. They might be fixing things by committee or just trusting that vendors have these problems solved. Behind the scenes, there’s usually little visibility into who still has access to which tools, accounts, or SaaS apps.

According to a recent survey, 87% of small business leaders said they couldn’t immediately verify who has access to their company’s tools and apps. Nearly 90% said former employees still had access to various company apps after they left the organization. For leaders inside small businesses, that’s not surprising. Access control usually falls into the category of things everyone assumes are handled by a SaaS vendor, but no one is directly responsible for it or thinking much about it. It is a breach waiting to happen.

Today, Mosyle, a popular Apple device management and security platform, announced a new independently managed subsidiary called AccessMule. The new offering is focused entirely on solving the problem of app and tool access sprawl inside small businesses.

“Similar to the origin of other of our cybersecurity products, the decision to build AccessMule was born out of necessity at Mosyle” said Alcyr Araujo, CEO, Mosyle. “Later, we realized it wasn’t just a gap for our organization, but a fundamental problem that needed to be solved for all SMBs. We’re launching AccessMule today as an independent subsidiary that will empower organizations with a high-quality, secure and efficient access and password management platform at an affordable price, a model that became a trademark for Mosyle.”

AccessMule automates the parts of access control that usually slip through the cracks for SMBs. It includes workflows for onboarding and offboarding employees, tools for assigning access based on roles, and visibility into who has access to what at any given time. There is built-in password management and sharing with encryption, along with basic support for shared multi-factor authentication. This remains one of the big reasons many SMBs avoid enabling MFA. The new offering is focused on fixing the messy middle of identity and access. It is the part that creates real risk when ignored. Ultimately, it is probably not getting done if it is not being tracked. AccessMule aims to bring access management front and center.

AccessMule will operate independently from Mosyle’s device management platform, but it is backed by Mosyle and built in response to internal needs that many others likely share. Even if your SMB does not think it has this problem, unless there is a clear solution in place, access management is either not happening or it is being handled with a lot of manual processes. AccessMule is not trying to reinvent identity and access management. It offers a focused and straightforward way for small teams to stay organized without adding complexity.

For small businesses using Apple devices alongside a growing library of SaaS tools and services, this kind of platform might quietly solve a recurring pain point: a security problem waiting to happen. You can learn more on the AccessMule website.