Android 11 COPE and the end of Internal apps

We know about the changes to Android 11 COPE, and how they affect the EMMs. One aspect that was slightly overlooked though, is what happens to Internal apps, which many organizations are still employing. We have recently released a KB, which caused a bit of panic between customers and colleagues. Let’s dive deeper and see...

Android management in China – what are your options?

After I published the article regarding the enrollment of Android devices in closed networks, the hottest question was how to apply it for China. The answer is as usual “it depends”. If you want to know more – read on! What’s the problem?What options are available?What is the optimal approach? What’s the problem? Problem is...

Zoom vs Teams – security options

Zoom banned? Think Teams is better? Show this to your boss.

On Apple, Security by Obscurity and WS1 Trust Network.

In the last several weeks a number of bugs were found in Apple's iOS, MacOS and protocols. This had coincided with a partner workshop last Friday, where the decisive argument was "Have you ever heard of an Antivirus for an iPhone". Here's what came out.

Is Mobile in your comfort zone?

A colleague of mine shared this post on LinkedIn, about his recent mobile work experience. Conceptually, nothing in that post was really new - we could do the same 10+ years ago. So why are we still hearing then "I'll get this info to you when I get to the office" or similar replies? My...

Future of NFC provisioning for Android (Beam deprecated in Q)?

I use NFC provisioning a lot when I work with Android Enterprise (especially, the Device owner scenarios). Apps like AirWatch Relay or Knox Deployment make testing and playing e.a.s.y. - I don't have to tap through the Startup Wizard, type in my 20+ char WLAN PSK, manually enroll the device etc. And I can have...

Apple iOS User Enrollment vs Android Enterprise and the real MDM needs #WWDC2019

Every WWDC has a session called What’s New in Managing Apple Devices. This year's one was no exception. During this session Apple presented they new take on BYOD called User Enrollment. Here's my brief analysis and comparison with Android Enterprise. Links to the source video, slide deck and some other useful resources are below. TL:DR...

Modern mobile security: people or devices? (with Dilbert)

The IDC stats on mobile threats show that Top6 are user behaviour based, and not tech related. Why does that happened and what can be done? Read on and enjoy some Dilbert along the way!

Android Q Enterprise Features for EMM Admin

This is a brief analysis on the upcoming Android Enterprise Features in Android Q. Read the full notes here. Google has a habit of silently updating those documents, so I expect to update this post once subsequent iterations of Beta are released. The below is my sole opinion, and I welcome hearing yours. NB: it...

Prevent Chrome from messing up your tabs upon reload

One (but not the only) problem that I have with Google Chrome is that it tries to reload all tabs after restart. This has two consequences: I have lots (50+) of tabs. Trying to load them all at once wastes my CPU and RAM. Accessing some resources require re-authentication, so I am redirected to the...