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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
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Sophos Mobile ControlSophSkills 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 • 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
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
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 • Broad mobile platform support • iPhone • Android • Win Mobile
High Level Functionality Matrix * Additional Android functionality will be added with the next versions
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
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 platformspecificsettings • Supported Platforms • Apple iPhone • (Google Android) • Windows Mobile 6.x
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
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
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
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 controlledwith the build-in management client