Mobile Access

Mobile Access

Mobile Access

Mobile access may occur through dedicated applications or mobile browsers. Controls include device enrollment, application-level authentication, remote wipe capability, and restrictions on local storage.

Mobile device management enforces policy on enrolled devices.

Alternative Names:

Mobile Application, Remote Mobile Access

Why it Matters?

The device risk is loss and theft rather than network compromise, which makes remote wipe and restrictions on local document storage the controls that matter. Applications that cache documents locally create exposure a browser session does not. For firms permitting personal device use, the BYOD control question and the discovery implications are connected, since a device holding business data may be subject to collection.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the main mobile risk?

What is the main mobile risk?

Device loss and theft rather than network compromise, which makes remote wipe and local storage restrictions the priority controls.

Do applications differ from browser access?

Do applications differ from browser access?

Yes. Applications caching documents locally create exposure that a browser session, which stores nothing persistently, does not.