Phone Security: Secure Your Business Phone in 5 Minutes

Phone Security: How to secure your business smartphone in 5 minutes

 

When it comes to mobile phone security, it’s usually an afterthought.  However more company data and business are now being done on mobile devices than ever before.

How much company data do you store on your smartphone?  How much company data do your employees store on their smartphones?

And with the growing number of mobile phishing attacks, it’s now more critical than ever before for businesses to have good phone security.

You’ll learn in the next 5 minutes some of the easiest things you can do to secure your company smartphones.

Do you have a transparent process if your CEO has their device stolen or lost?

I’m going to disclose the best course of action to stay protected if you’re ever in this scenario.  Read on to find out some of the best practices.

Inbuilt Mobile Phone Security

Most modern phones have basic security settings inbuilt now.  Things like fingerprint/face ID are standard, but there is some setting that can be easily overlooked.

Make sure you turn on find my device and device encryption as standard.  If a mobile device gets into the wrong hands and a device does not have encryption the contents can easily be read using simple tools.

Invest in mobile device management.

If your current IT provider has not mentioned this to you already, it is a must for any size business. Mobile device management (MDM) allows your IT provider to manage all devices in your company.

There are many features MDM offers – we don’t have time to list them all but here’s the top 3:

  • Lost Mode: – If a device is lost or stolen it can easily be blocked, tracked, and a message sent to the screen for recovery.
  • Audit and log – A list of everyday activities such as connecting to wifi, apps that are installed, and an audit database of all IMEI/serial numbers are generated. This data is fantastic from both a regulatory point of view and for managing devices on a day-to-day basis.
  • Security Enforcement: – MDM allows the business to enforce strict security policies on the device.

As an example, you can turn on features such as enforcing fingerprint ID or locking the phone if too many attempts have been made at guessing the PIN.  You can also encrypt the device with a single click.

If you don’t have an MDM solution for your business or are unclear of what you may have then scheduled a security audit with us.

Lost and stolen devices?

Picture the worst thing that could happen to your company mobiles.  Maybe one day the CEO drops their phone in the back of a taxi.

What do you do?  What does your IT company do?

Well, it’s better to be prepared for the worst, so the first thing I’d suggest is having a transparent process of action if a device is lost or stolen.

  1. Set the phone to the lost mode or better yet do a remote wipe using MDM.
  2. Inform the network provider of the theft and get them to block the sim card.
  3. Have a replacement device at the ready
  4. Make sure you are implementing a backup process for mobile devices.
  5. Perform a restore to a replacement device.

Of course, we make this process sounds easy, but how do you go about it and get started?  Well our IT company provide fully managed services so you can get on with your business.

For complete mobile device management and security audit review, let us know

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