[itdiscuss] Smart Phone Security

Ray Tyner ray.tyner at ptcumc.org
Tue Dec 1 19:54:53 EST 2009


What the procedures to wipe the device?

Sent from my iPhone
Ray Tyner
Peachtree City UMC

On Dec 1, 2009, at 19:50, "Jay Betancourt" <jay at fbclubbock.org> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> Sorry to hear about that situation.  We tell our iPhone users to  
> password protect their devices in the event of loss or theft.   
> However, we do not require it.  Instead, users are shown how to  
> automatically wipe the device from their Outlook Web Access in the  
> event that such situation should occur.  While it’s a hassle to have 
>  to enter the password every time, it’s probably well worth it in ca 
> se it falls into the wrong hands.  It’s probably not a good idea to  
> keep contact information on the SIM card and instead store it on the 
>  phone locally since it’s synchronizing with the Exchange server.
>
> Jay
>
> On 12/1/09 6:26 PM, "Dave Ketcham" <dketcham at northcoastchurch.com>  
> wrote:
>
> We recently had one of our staff's iPhones stolen and it was not  
> password protected and emails were deleted by the thief.  We  
> currently aren't implementing any "Mobile Device" security features  
> on our Exchange 2003 server.
>
> What mobile device policies do you implement?  Do you require device  
> unlock passwords? etc?
>
> Dave Ketcham
> North Coast Church
>
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