Configure security for Mobile
Configure security for the Mobile application.
Use the Mobile Administration console, we can control which users and mobile devices can access the Connections servers. In addition to denying access to specific users or specific devices, we can delete Connections data from devices, restore access to users or devices, and set password policies.
Tips:
- Use this built-in security management capability if you do not already have a security management solution for mobile devices.
- For information about client certificate authentication (also known as two factor authentication), see the Configure access with client certificates topic.
Ensure that you created the database for the Mobile application. Verify the database exists ...
- Log on to the WAS console on the system hosting the Deployment Manager.
- Click Resources > JDBC > Data sources.
- Search the page for the mobile data source. If it is not present, install the MOBILE database. See Create databases with the database wizard topic.
Registering devices
When a device connects to an IBM Connections server, it is automatically registered in the MOBILE database. We can view the inventory of every device and user that accessed the Connections Mobile application. See User and device data topic.
If a device that connects to a 4.0 server uses an version of the native app, the user is prompted to update the app.
Audit history
We can view the security and ID details of each registered device by clicking the device entry in the console. The audit history also shows who issued requests for changes to access and other configuration settings.
OS capabilities
Some operating systems provide different capabilities for security management of devices:
- Android: All the features provided in the Mobile Administration console are supported.
- BlackBerry provides its own security management system through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Therefore, the Mobile Administration console does not provide a password policy for BlackBerry.
- iOS: The Connections Mobile password policy is not supported.
The following topics describe how to configure security for Connections Mobile:
- Enable mobile security management
Configure IBM Connections to enable security management for the Mobile application.
- Denying access to a device
Deny devices access to the Connections Mobile application.
- Denying access to a user
Deny a user access to the Connections Mobile application.
- Wiping app data from a device
Remotely remove IBM Connections data from a mobile device.
- Set a password policy for Mobile
Set a password policy for accessing the Mobile application.
- Set expiry limits for users and devices
Specify when data about users and their devices is purged from the database.
- User and device data
Reference information about users of the native app and their mobile devices.
- Configure access with client certificates
Configure the Connections mobile app to allow client certificate authentication.
- Configure MobileIron
Configure MobileIron integration with the Connections Mobile app.
Parent topic:
Mobile
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