IGEL Active UMS: Powering Policy-Driven Security for IT and OT

For years, the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) has served as the trusted control plane for centralized endpoint management — ensuring a consistent user experience, security compliance, access to a broad partner eco-system, and precise configuration enforcement across thousands of devices.

The IGEL platform has evolved around three foundational components that define its architecture and deliver the IGEL Adaptive Secure Desktop™. The UMS acts as the control plane, providing unified endpoint management and centralized control. The IGEL OS — a read-only, immutable operating system — secures each endpoint and dramatically reduces the attack surface. And the IGEL App Portal functions as the data plane, connecting trusted partner and end-user applications within a verified ecosystem.

As enterprise environments grow increasingly interconnected, the boundaries between IT, OT, and cloud are disappearing. Organizations now operate across multiple domains and user contexts — from BYOD devices and remote workspaces to multi-organizational ecosystems and AI-enabled edge systems. This expanded connectivity, while accelerating innovation, has also multiplied the attack surface. The result is a landscape where threats evolve faster, data flows more freely, and compliance demands intensify. Frameworks such as Zero Trust, IEC 62443, NIS2, and NIST now emphasize continuous enforcement of policy across both networks and endpoints — driven by identity, posture, and context. IGEL Active UMS  brings these requirements together, unifying intelligence and control into a single, adaptive management plane that empowers IT teams with the visibility, consistency, and confidence needed to secure today’s dynamic enterprise.

That’s where IGEL Active UMS enters the story — the next-generation evolution of IGEL’s Management Suite. It takes everything UMS has achieved and makes it smarter, enabling centralized, unified endpoint policy enforcement that leverages information and intent from external systems and policies.

What Makes UMS “Active”

Traditionally, the UMS established endpoint configurations based on enrollment and device identity. IGEL Active UMS  builds on this proven foundation, transforming endpoint management from something static into something dynamic — driven by our partners real-time intelligence, trust context, and external policy engines enabling organizations to enforce compliance through frameworks like Zero Trust, Comply-to-Connect (C2C), and IEC 62443/NIS2.

In essence, IGEL Active UMS transforms endpoint management from static provisioning to adaptive enforcement, making IGEL not just a management tool but an active participant in the enterprise security fabric.

Bridging IT and OT in the Era of Zero Trust

This transformation extends beyond IT. IGEL Active UMS is a cornerstone of IGEL’s IT/OT convergence strategy. By unifying endpoint management across IT and OT, IGEL Active UMS enhances integration with IGEL Ready partners and aligns with global compliance frameworks such as Zero Trust (ZTNA), IEC 62443, and NIST 800-53.

For organizations in both public and private sectors — particularly those operating critical infrastructure in healthcare, energy, financial services, and manufacturing — this convergence translates into clear, measurable benefits. Compliance and governance become simpler. Resilience and business continuity are strengthened. And total cost of ownership (TCO) is reduced by consolidating management across a single, secure operating platform for IT, OT, and AI workloads.

In bridging these once-separate worlds, IGEL Active UMS creates a unified foundation for trusted operations in an increasingly complex and interconnected landscape.

Learn more at the breakout session:

Redefining IT and OT Solutions at the Edge – IGEL Reference Architectures on November 04.  Register via the Now & Next Event App.

From Zero Trust architectures to IT/OT integration and AI-secure edge deployments, we’ll demonstrate how IGEL Active UMS empowers organizations to enforce policy, maintain compliance, and strengthen resilience — all through a single, intelligent control plane.

Join us to see how IGEL and our partners are shaping the future of secure operations, where prevention takes precedence over detection, and where every endpoint becomes a trusted extension of enterprise policy.