Windows Phone 8.1 – full of security smarts

Windows Phone is one of the most secure smartphones on the market, thanks to these features:

Windows Phone 8.1 comes with a built-in MDM capabilities that help companies manage both company-owned devices for business use of employee-owned (Bring Your Own Device) and.

By subscribing to the services of the company is now much easier. Employees can make your configured once for business services, such as Exchange, SharePoint device, and now Wi-Fi.

To do this, the IT department of the company can configure the settings of the Exchange and SharePoint, configure Wi-Fi and VPN profiles, select which applications are installed, the configuration established policies and pushing everything directly to the device through the MDM system.

If necessary, as an organization you can also define a whitelist of approved applications, avoiding downloading some applications together.

 

S/MIME support for encrypted emails

Option to send encrypted and digitally signed email messages is now integrated to the Outlook client on your phone. This S/MIME function supported with Exchange Server can also be configured to your phone by the IT department.

This option to encrypt and digitally sign emails is a great way to prevent data leaks.

Enterprise VPN and Wi-Fi

Millions of organizations and people around the world make use of virtual private networks, VPNs. It’s a safe way to connect to other devices or services in a secure environment.

Windows Phone 8.1 supports both IPsec and SSL standards based VPN, helping you connect to your secure corporate network. IT department can configure which apps automatically trigger the VPN connection. This mean that employees don’t need to configure any settings themselves.

 

Remote wiping of company data

The same MDM system is in place to install or configure the phone remotely can also be used to delete the contents and features of confidential company data from it. The best part is that this company will wipe your personal data untouched.

If you lose your phone, or if it is stolen, you can remotely wipe the entire device. You can do this yourself through the Windows Live service, or you can contact your IT department to do it for you.

We've only scratched the surface of the security features in Windows Phone 8.1. More detailed Windows Phone 8.1 General safety information can be found over at the Microsoft Download Center.

What do you think the security features, what you need most and what is the most used in your organization? Feel free to share in the comments!