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Sophos Mobile Control SophSkills Session. Name: Thomas Lippert – Product Management DPG Date: 17-Feb-2011. Market Drivers. More and more corporate users use a smartphone Smartphones have become small computers with strong general capabilities - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Sophos Mobile Control SophSkills Session
Name: Thomas Lippert – Product Management DPG
Date: 17-Feb-2011
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Market Drivers
More and more corporate users use a smartphone
Smartphones have become small computers with strong
general capabilities
Smartphones are used far beyond the usual PIM functionality
E-Mail access
Corporate application platform
Access to internal information
Smartphones are a new threat vector
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New Risks from Smartphone use
Device loss
Device theft
Consumer oriented design
Poor governance
Inadequate management
Corporate information access
Large storage capability
Fast wireless speed
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Sophos Mobile Control
A Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution to provide:
Configuration of the phone incl. all security related settings
Ability to address concerns regarding loss/theft
Ability to support employees’ personal devices (consumerization)
Low IT management costs through self service portal
iPhone Android Win Mobile
Broad mobile platform support
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High Level Functionality MatrixiPhone/iPAD Android Win Mobile 6.x
Loss/Theft Protection
Y Y Y
Remote Configuration
Y (Y)* Y
Controlled E-Mail Access
Y Y Y
Self Service Portal Y Y Y
Device Status Reporting
Y Y Y
* Additional Android functionality will be added with the next versions
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Functionality – Loss/Theft Protection
Feature
Remote Lock and/or Wipe
Auto-wipe after a number of failed login attempts
SIM Change Notification
Supported Platforms
Apple iPhone
Google Android
Windows Mobile 6.x
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Functionality – Remote Device Configuration
Feature
Define password policy and lock period
Install, list and deinstall of apps
Blocking the use of camera, browser, Youtube, …
Other platform specific settings
Supported Platforms
Apple iPhone
(Google Android)
Windows Mobile 6.x
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Functionality – Controlled E-Mail Access
Feature
Distribution of the Exchange or E-Mail server settings
Mail access controlled via EAS Proxy
Supported Platforms
Apple iPhone
Google Android
Windows Mobile 6.x
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Functionality – Self Service Portal
Feature
Enabled user can register their phones in a self service portal
No administrator involvement required
E-Mail access only enabled after self-enrolement
User can lock and wipe their phones via the portal
Supported Platforms
Apple iPhone
Google Android
Windows Mobile 6.x
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Functionality – Device Status Reporting
Feature
Device status view in the Admin GUI
Flexible grouping, filtering and exporting of the device list
Collection of device properties like memory usage, battery level,
IMSI, roaming mode, OS version, …
Supported Platforms
Apple iPhone
Google Android (partly)
Windows Mobile 6.x
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Mobile Device Client Apps
SMC client apps on Android and Windows Mobile
Distributed over-the-air from SMC server
Autostart at device boot
Minimal user interaction (non intrusive)
Apple iPhone and iPad are controlled
with the build-in management client
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Screenshot – Admin Interface
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Questions?