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Application Management
- Administrators may specify the applications that users may install on mobile devices, using either a blacklist or whitelist approach.
- This allows administrators to manage many devices simultaneously, without having to configure each one individually.
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Geofencing
- Geofencing allows organizations to draw a virtual fence around a geographic area and generate alerts when a device leaves that defined fence.
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Authentication
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Passwords and PINs
- Passwords are stronger than PINs
- Both iOS and Android allow the configuration of an alphanumeric password.
- Passwords are difficult to enter on a mobile device.
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Biometrics
- Biometric authentication (fingerprinting) is available on both iOS and Android mobile devices; however, it currently creates too many false positives to be considered reliable.
- Context-Aware Authentication
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Find, Lock, or Erase a Device
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To locate, lock, or remote wipe a device, you must create an account with the service and link that service to your device. Then, go to the following sites:
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Apple:
- https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone/
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Android:
- https://www.google.com/android/find
- You can only use these features if the device is connected to a network.
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Containerization
- A specialized Mobile Device Management technique that facilitates the simultaneous use of devices for personal and business purposes without activity on one side putting information on the other side at risk.
- Containerization provides a secure encrypted portion of the device for business use.
- The container runs inside of a mobile app. The information inside the container cannot be accessed by other apps running on the device. The apps inside the container can't access the rest of the device.
- Containerization and storage segmentation technologies may be combined with content management controls that prevent the use of sensitive information outside of the controlled environment.
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Storage Segmentation
- Allocating portions for business use, personal use, and the storage of sensitive information.
- Segments may have different levels of encryption and different access controls.
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Full Device Encryption
- Both Apple and Android devices now automatically encrypt the contents of devices when you enable password protection.
- This feature became the default on Android devices beginning with Gingerbread OS and on Apple devices beginning with iOS 8