BYOD

Mobile Mentor Wins Highly Commended in Surface Category at 2021 Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards

https://player.vimeo.com/video/654982932   We’re proud to announce that Mobile Mentor has received Highly Commended in the Surface Category at Microsoft New Zealand’s 2021 Partner Awards!   “It’s tremendous to be recognised amongst a group of innovative leaders in the Kiwi tech space” said Jared Pedersen, Head of Sales NZ.  “This award comes thanks to a fantastic collaboration and partnership between Mobile Mentor and Acquire”. The award-winning work stemmed from New Zealand’s largest produce company, T&G Global’s desire to [...]

December 9th, 2021|BYOD, Insights|

BYOD Security in 2023 and Beyond

It’s a frustrating reality, but in 2023 the occurrence of companies experiencing hacks or cyber-ransom is staggering. It’s no surprise that these persistent attacks have left many IT leaders feeling downright exhausted. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs are certainly no exception to the concerns of IT leaders.

June 10th, 2021|BYOD, Insights|

Securing Office 365 for BYO devices using Intune App Protection

    “The cloud makes it easier for your employees to access your systems remotely, it also makes it easier for hackers to do the same.” One of the main benefits of migrating your systems to the cloud is that it’s easier for your employees to access resources from any device and any location – all they need is an internet connection.  The problem is that while the [...]

February 15th, 2021|BYOD, Insights|

What are Managed Apple IDs?

      “You can now leverage your Azure Active Directory identities to enrol Apple devices” You can now leverage your Azure Active Directory identities to enrol Apple devices  Apple released iOS BYOD User Enrolment and Shared iPads last year. Both these solutions leverage a managed Apple ID to establish a user identity on the device for secure access to company apps [...]

November 6th, 2020|BYOD, Insights|

BYOD – How to configure Android Enterprise Work Profile

    “New configurations are now available for Android BYOD management” Google have deprecated their ‘Device Administrator APIs’ which means even though devices are enrolled into an MDM, they will no longer respond to commands being sent from the MDM server with the old APIs.   This old mechanism for enrolling and managing Android Devices [...]

November 6th, 2020|BYOD, Insights|

BYOD – How to configure Apple User Enrolment

    “User Enrolment… is ideal for use cases where an employee or contractor owns the device and expects a level of privacy around their device usage” What is Apple User Enrolment? Apple User Enrolment is specifically designed for bring-your-own-device (BYOD) with an emphasis on employee privacy.  Traditional MDM management provides full control of the device including the [...]

October 29th, 2020|BYOD, Insights|

BYOD – The Era of User Privacy

    “New configurations are now available for BYOD management, expanding options for companies looking to enable employees to use their personal devices” What’s new with BYOD?  There was a time when the management of Bring-your-own or employee owned devices was delivered with a promise from IT that they could not see personal private information. Reality was different.  If they wanted to, they [...]

October 21st, 2020|BYOD, Insights|

To BYO or not to BYO

    The world is increasingly mobile. 66% of traditional office employees work from home or outside the office at least one day a week. Few people really want to use two smartphones and 70% of companies already support BYOD in some form. However, BYOD has not been implemented well in many companies.  If controls are too onerous, employees are reluctant to join a BYOD program due to privacy concerns.  Conversely where insufficient controls are in place, corporate data may be exposed. Commonly, users download Office 365 [...]

March 3rd, 2020|BYOD|

iOS User Enrollment for BYO Devices

    “User enrollment creates a separate APFS (Apple File System) partition with a different set of encryption keys which is used to house corporate data.”   Device enrollment has always been a challenge for BYO devices Employers struggle to convince employees that they should give control of their personal devices to the IT [...]

February 17th, 2020|BYOD, iOS|
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