Devices > Policy
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.
In the Device Management screen, select a group from the mobile device tree; then, click Policy. The Policy pop-up screen displays.
Click Application Monitor & Control Policy on the left menu, and then click the iOS or Android tab.
Required Applications: selecting this option will push all the applications that you add in the list, to the mobile devices. You can add applications to the list in one of the following ways:
Add from local computer: the installation file for Android and iOS mobile devices.
Add a Webclip: type the applications URL and the application's icon will appear on the home screen of user's mobile device, and the link will open in the default Web browser on the mobile device. On iOS, user will not be able to delete this icon from the home screen.
Add from external application store: type the link to the application in an external app store. The application's icon will appear on the home screen of user's mobile device, and the link will open in the default Web browser on the mobile device. On iOS, user will not be able to delete this icon from the home screen.
Permitted Applications: control the applications installed on mobile devices by using approved and blocked lists.
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:
Approved List: Mobile Security allows applications that are in the approved list even if they use the services that you have disabled.
Blocked List: Mobile Security blocks applications that are in the blocked list even if they use the services that you have enabled.
Application permissions: Mobile Security allows or blocks applications according to your selected permission status for the services that they use.
Allow the installation of certain applications: add the applications to the approved list that you want to allow users to install on their mobile devices. If enabled:
Mobile Security displays a pop-up warning message on Android mobile devices if it detects applications that are not in the approved list.
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.
Block the installation of certain applications: add the applications to the blocked list that you do not want users to install on their mobile devices. If enabled:
Mobile Security displays a pop-up warning message on Android mobile devices if it detects applications that are in the blocked list.
On iOS mobile devices, if Mobile Security detects any application that is in the blocked list, Mobile Security sends an email alert to the user and the administrator.
Mobile Security checks for restricted applications and sends email alert to the users automatically according to the Information Collection Frequency settings in the Common Communication Server Settings, or when you update the Information Collection Frequency settings in the Common Communication Server Settings.
Do one of the following:
For the root group, select Apply changes to all groups and send SMS notification messages to all mobile devices after clicking 'Save'.. This action copies policies to all sub-groups.
For the sub-group, select Send SMS notification messages to mobile devices after clicking 'Save'.. This action sends an SMS notification message to Mobile Device Agents about the configuration changes.
In the Device Management screen, select a group from the mobile device tree; then, click Policy. The Policy pop-up screen displays.
Click BlackBerry tab, then click the button to open the BlackBerry configuration page.