Friday, July 11, 2014

IT professionals: hands off my iPad – Computerworld.nl

Background Companies worry about losing control of company data by BYOD, but what about the other way around? Do we as users have sufficient control over our private information?

You often hear that IT managers worry about owning company data and unbridled access employees who want to use e-mail, calendar, and even document editing. their iPhones, iPads and Androids I also hear often and there is plenty of BYOD-advies for managers who want to perform well.

Hands off my pictures

But what about the users? They have in fact, provide, for example, that the IT department has access and whether or not throw private information of contacts to mp3 files on their devices by mistake. You read a lot about the implementation of BYOD, but heard surprisingly little advice for users who want to protect. Their own data That is why I have written this to help prevent their IT staff spullen remotely delete .

Here I go out of iOS devices, because Apple has a better set of protection features for business devices. But at times when the same story goes for Android, I’ll let you know of course.



Draconian erasure prevention

The biggest fear is that the IT department device you knew when he disappears or when you leave the company. IT professionals can remove very focused things and delete business apps with their associated data, including data from the Exchange accounts. But many departments take the safe side and throw the entire machine empty.

Apple has a simple way to prevent your data erasure destroy and that is making a backup iTunes. The company prefers that you use iCloud, but you can not save anything, so you will not get back everything in iCloud if you restore a deleted device.

Tracking

Backups

iCloud Backup is useful because it even makes a backup if you are not near a computer with iTunes. (You still need to overnight automated backup to run. Wi-Fi connection), but not all of your personal files or passwords are anticipated. However app settings are saved, so that they are restored when you download apps previously removed again.

The backup in iTunes stores all your files and apps, and your settings and – if you use encrypted backups – your passwords. The feature works via a USB or WiFi connection, while iTunes is running and your device is connected. If you have an iPhone or iPad via iTunes restore, is 99 percent of the area back as you left it. ICloud is that previously 70 percent.

Suppose you have an app, song, podcast, or other item that you no longer available on the App Store. The backup copy of iTunes has him still, but the backup is not in iCloud. In addition, the backup iTunes music and videos that you have not taken out of iTunes; backup iCloud is just the stuff you bought from Apple.

Limitations

If you use encryption (encrypted backup), you can restore a deleted device to be capable of before wupe – without the things you’ve added since the las backup obviously. Unfortunately, Apple does not allow you to both iTunes and iCloud used for backups, which you otherwise nice could make the move.

an interim additional backup

IT departments are not so fond of the iTunes option, because so hence potential business data. But that should not really be: iOS lets MDM-software to remove the content. enterprise applications and the apps themselves A smart IT organization would anyway not a complete wipe need to enter

What company stocks on which builds on personal apps and therefore end up in the iTunes backup of:. Too bad. That is no different than the files that you have at home are from business emails, USB sticks or other storage resources on your computer. A company is in this regard with a mobile device with no more risk than a home computer, where the company also can not reach

On the next page:. If you as a user your boss makes a lot of control over your phone, the company itself must come with one device for business use.

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