<p>​At the end of last year,<strong> </strong>the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) released new <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="Hyperlink SCXW175964295 BCX0" href="https://www.ivanti.com/blog/android-16-ios-26-stigs-mobile-threat-defense">Android 16 and iOS 26 Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)</a> designed to provide military organizations with the guidance they need to better secure their mobile endpoints against modern adversaries. </p><p>​ </p><p>​One of the most significant new requirements in the latest Android and Apple STIGS is for all managed mobile devices to have a <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="Hyperlink SCXW175964295 BCX0" href="https://governmenttechnologyinsider.com/resource/managing-and-securing-dods-global-device-fleet-with-ivanti-neurons-mdm-and-mtd/">mobile threat defense (MTD) solution</a> deployed to remain compliant – a major undertaking for an organization with hundreds of thousands of mobile endpoints. </p><p>​ </p><p>​In this episode of the <em>Government Technology Insider Podcast</em>, host, Matt Langan, is joined by Farhan Saifudin of <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="Hyperlink SCXW175964295 BCX0" href="https://www.ivanti.com/">Ivanti</a>, and Alex Froede of <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="Hyperlink SCXW175964295 BCX0" href="https://www.disa.mil/">DISA</a> to define STIGs, explain their importance for mobile device security, and discuss the new STIG changes and how they’ll impact military organizations. </p><p>​ </p><p>​Farhan Saifudin, is Ivanti's sales engineer manager for the public sector. Alex Froede, a senior mobile cybersecurity architect and principal author of DISA’s mobile technology STIGs at the DISA Cyber Standards and Analysis Branch, also known as the DISA STIG Office. </p><p>​ </p><p>​During their detailed discussion on the changes to Apple and Android device STIGS, they explore the current threat landscape for mobile devices in the U.S. DoD explain why MTD solutions are necessary in today's threat environment, provide <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="Hyperlink SCXW175964295 BCX0" href="https://governmenttechnologyinsider.com/six-enterprise-mdm-considerations-for-the-department-of-defense/">considerations for DoD decision-makers</a> looking to choose an MTD solution, and the importance of marrying an MTD solution to a <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="Hyperlink SCXW175964295 BCX0" href="https://governmenttechnologyinsider.com/resource/streamlining-dod-mobility/">mobile device management (MDM) solution</a>. </p>