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—using this option will push all the applications that you add
in the list, to the mobile devices. You can also link a VPN to applications, so
that the applications always use this VPN to connect to the network.
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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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On iOS mobile devices, if Mobile Security detects any application that is in the blocked
list, Mobile Security sends
an email notification to the user.
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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 .
