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BYOD Suite (v2.6.0.0) – 10 December 2013

BYOD

Kaseya BYOD Suite 2.6 is a new product offering that provides centrally managed and secured mobile access to company web apps, documents and email.

Components

The Kaseya BYOD solution comprises multiple components working in tandem. This generally includes an on-premise gateway that provides configuration and access to intranet resources, plus the BYOD Suite of three mobile apps. Each app provides respectively:

  • Secure browsing
  • Document access and editing,
  • Secure email and PIM.

Available components include Kaseya BYOD gateway v2.6 plus the BYOD Suite of container apps:

  • Secure Browser for iOS v2.6
  • Secure Docs for iOS v1.1
  • Secure Mail for iOS v2.5.3
  • Secure Browser for Android v2.6

Supported platforms – mobiles

The following mobile platforms are supported by BYOD Suite apps:

  • iOS
    • iOS v6.x on iPhones and iPads
    • iOS v7.x on iPhones and iPads
  • Android
    • Android 2.3 and newer for smartphones
    • Android 4.x and newer for smartphones and tablets

Intermediated communications

Exchanges between mobile devices and the gateway occur using an app-level private communication that features military grade AES-256 encryption of all exchanges. This enables fast, easy deployment of secure access to internal resources without requiring any changes to the firewall.

It also eliminates the need, cost and risk of putting mobile devices on the network using VPN.

Device access control

Organizations can tightly couple user credentials to specific devices, thereby assuring that even if a user's credentials are compromised, non-authorized devices cannot access the system.

In the event of a lost device, administrators can block those devices from further access and perform a remote wipe of the corporate data and configuration in the containers, leaving personal data untouched.

Gateway capabilities

The BYOD gateway provides the following high-level functions:

  • Configures policies, users and sources of information for docs, mail and browsing.
  • Configures data loss prevention rules for mobile devices, such as requiring a PIN (at the app level, not the device level), and setting refresh frequency of credentials and PIN.
  • Limits access to resources based on AD group membership or individual identity.
  • Defines proxied sources and proxy white lists.
  • Performs full traffic logging with configurable log levels. Standard format allows post-processing with industry standard tools.
  • Encrypts all traffic with AES-256 strength encryption, in addition to using SSL for the intermediated communications.
  • Auto-enrolls users if they provide valid AD credentials.
  • Delivers single sign-on benefits when users are Active Directory enrolled and the target resources uses NTLM authentication.

Secure Containers

All the BYOD Secure containers provide the following high-level capabilities:

  • A centrally managed list of resources users may access.
  • A secure container that enforces central policies around:
    • Credentials entry frequency
    • PIN requirements and frequency
    • Ability to limit the export of data to other apps
    • Print and image save suppression
  • Fully encrypts all information saved to storage, even for temporary cache.
  • Responds to central requests for wipe, deleting only information in the containers.
  • Encrypts all outgoing data with AES-256 strength.
  • Collaborates with other suite apps to enhance user experience and extend functionality.

Secure Browser

The BYOD Secure Browser container app delivers the following capabilities:

  • Uses device-native browser controls for highest fidelity rendering of modern HTML.
  • Delivers single sign on benefits when accessing back-end sites that use NTLM authentication.
  • Provides adjustable browser controls that display more content on small screens.
  • Presents a centrally controlled list of resources the user has access to.
  • Sends downloaded documents to the Secure Docs container.

Secure Docs

The BYOD Secure Docs container app delivers the following capabilities:

  • Accesses multiple document sources from WebDAV servers such as SharePoint, NAS and Windows server.
  • Provides full document management. Enables copy, move, delete of documents within and across sources, including those in secure local storage.
  • Supports integrated document editors for Word, Excel and, PowerPoint formats. Supports a rich feature set, including document redlining.
  • Supports PDF viewing and annotation abilities.
  • Selects documents to send as Secure Mail attachments.
  • Accepts and edits mail attachments from the Secure Mail container.

Secure Mail

The BYOD Secure Mail container app delivers the following capabilities:

  • Connects to ActiveSync (e.g. Exchange) servers for full corporate email and PIM access.
  • Centrally configured for ease of use.
  • Creates, manages and sends email, including full HTML email and embedded images.
  • Provides full PIM with calendar, contacts and tasks features and views.
  • Integrated with the BYOD Suite for secure management of your information.
  • Saves attachments to Secure Docs.
  • Receives new email or attachments from the other containers.
  • Clicking on links in Secure Email opens the Secure Browser.