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JennyMack
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What kind of mobile device restrictions do you have in your organization?
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Open IT ForumWith the popularity of a diverse range of mobile phones and devices, many organizations have set strict policies and restrictions on the mobile devices employees are allowed to user for work.

Whether it's making users choose between a set range of mobile offerings or not allowing mobile devices to access certain areas of the internal network, every org is different. What policies do you have in place?
ASKED: Nov 17 2009  7:55 PM GMT
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Essentially our policy is this:

If we supply it, it's supported. If we don't, it's not. We are pretty strict with this rule, as at times, we have had some people bring in personal laptops or mobile devices not supplied by the company and connected them to our network. This is strictly prohibited and the network connectivity for the device is terminated.

We have a seperate network for this reason.


Hope this helps!

-Schmidtw
Last Answered: Nov 19 2009  6:10 PM GMT by Schmidtw   10520 pts.
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JennyMack   4200 pts.  |   Nov 17 2009  7:56PM GMT

*allowed to use* — sorry!

 

JennyMack   4200 pts.  |   Nov 19 2009  10:14PM GMT

Hey Warner,

Definitely, thanks. Could you clarify — when you say “separate network,” do you mean a type of guest network? What types of things are restricted on that network?

Thanks Warner,
Jenny

 

KevinBeaver   8705 pts.  |   Nov 20 2009  2:20PM GMT

Who’s setting strict policies!? :-) I see the “if we supply it, it’s supported” mode of operation like Schmidtw mentions and the occasional policy but nowhere have I seen (or heard) of any organization enforcing their policies or restricting such use…hence the major problems we have with mobile security.