Application monitor and control policies provide you
server-side control of the applications installed on mobile devices
and push the required applications to the mobile devices.
To configure application monitor and control policy settings,
click , then
click the policy name, and then click .
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Required Applications—selecting this option
will push all the applications that you add in the list, to the
mobile devices.
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Permitted Applications—control the applications
installed on mobile devices by using approved and blocked lists.
For
iOS mobile devices, Mobile Security sends
notification to administrator and the user for any application that
does not comply with the policy.
For Android mobile devices, Mobile Security blocks the
application that does not comply with the policy and will allow
all others.
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Enable system apps blocking (Android
only):
if selected, Mobile Security will
block all the system apps on Android mobile devices.
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Enable Application Category: select the application
category that you want to enable or disable on mobile devices. You
can also make the exception by adding the applications that belong
to these categories to the approved or blocked list. For example,
if you have disabled a category type Games, Mobile Security will block
all the applications that belong to this category, unless any such
application exists in the approved list.
Mobile Security allows or blocks
the applications according to the following priority:
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Approved
List—Mobile Security allows
applications that are in the approved list even if they belong to
the category that you have disabled.
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Blocked List—Mobile Security blocks
applications that are in the blocked list even if they belong to
the category that you have enabled.
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Application permissions—Mobile Security allows or blocks
applications according to your selected permission status for the
category that they belong to.
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Enable Application Permissions (for Android
only): select the application services that you want to enable or
disable on Android mobile devices. You can also make the exception
by adding the applications that use these services to the approved
or blocked list. For example, if you have disabled service type Read
Data, Mobile Security will block
all the applications that use the Read Data service, unless any such
application exists in the approved list.
Mobile Security allows or blocks
the applications according to the following priority:
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Approved
List—Mobile Security allows
applications that are in the approved list even if they use the
services that you have disabled.
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Blocked List—Mobile Security blocks
applications that are in the blocked list even if they use the services
that you have enabled.
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Application permissions—Mobile Security allows or blocks
applications according to your selected permission status for the
services that they use.
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Only allow the following applications: add the
applications to the approved list that you want to allow users to
use on their mobile devices. If enabled:
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Mobile Security displays a
pop-up warning message on Android mobile devices if it detects applications
that are not in the approved list.
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On iOS mobile devices, if Mobile Security detects
any application that is not in the approved list, Mobile Security sends an email
notification to the user.
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Only block the following applications: add the
applications to the blocked list that you do not want users to use
on their mobile devices. If enabled:
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Mobile Security displays a
pop-up warning message on Android mobile devices if it detects applications
that are in the blocked list.
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Mobile Security displays
a pop-up warning message on Android mobile devices if it detects
applications that are in the blocked list.
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Lock to App (for Supervised Mode Only)—restrict
the iOS mobile device to the specified application.
Mobile Security checks for
restricted applications and sends email alert to the users:
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automatically according to the Information Collection
Frequency settings in , or
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when you update the Information Collection Frequency settings
in .
