Mobile device management concepts
MDM is a software that allows security administrators to control, secure, and enforce policies on smartphones, tablets, and other endpoint devices. Let us look at the different aspects of MDM.
Push notification services can be used to inform the device owner that an email or a text has arrived. For example, if someone sends you a message to your LinkedIn account, a push notification can tell you that you have a new message.
Accessing the device
Mobile devices are very small and very easy to steal, therefore we need to look at how we can prevent someone from accessing the data even if the device's host has been lost or stolen. We will first look at screen locks and passwords, followed by biometrics, and then context-aware authentication:
- Screen locks: Screen locks activate once the mobile device has not been accessed for a period of time. Then, after it is locked, the user gets a number of attempts to insert the PIN before the device is disabled.
- Passwords and...
