Chapter 2.5

Question 1

Jailbreaking

Answer 1

Jailbreaking is popular for iOS devices as they are more restrictive than Android. This gives users the ability to obtain root privileges, sideload apps, change or add carriers and customize the interface. It is accomplished by booting the device with a patched kernel and can be done when the device is attached to a computer when it boots. Rooting is the same but for android

Question 2

COBO

Answer 2

COBO (Corporate Owned, Business Only) device is the property of the company and may only be used for company business.

Question 3

BYOD

Answer 3

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is when the mobile device is owned by the employee. The employee will have to agree on the installation of corporate apps and to some level of oversight and auditing

Question 4

COPE

Answer 4

COPE (Corporate Owned, Personally-Enabled) is a device that is chosen and supplied by the company, but the employee can use it to access personal email, social media accounts, and for personal web browsing.

Question 5

CYOD

Answer 5

CYOD (Choose Your Own Device) is much the same as COPE, but the employee is given a choice of device from a list.

Question 6

Geolocation

Answer 6

Geolocation is the use of network attributes to identify (or estimate) the physical position of a device.

Question 7

Geofencing

Answer 7

Geofencing is the practice of creating a virtual boundary based on real-world geography.

Question 8

GPS Tagging

Answer 8

GPS tagging is the process of adding geographical identification metadata, such as the latitude and longitude of where the device was located at the time, to media, such as photographs, SMS messages, video, and so on.

Question 9

IPS

Answer 9

Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) work out a device’s location by triangulating its proximity to other radio sources, such as Wi-Fi access points or Bluetooth beacons.

Question 10

ANT

Answer 10

Adaptive Network Topology (ANT) is widely used in communicating health and fitness sensor data between devices. ANT+ is its associated product standard.

Question 11

PAN

Answer 11

Personal Area Network (PAN) enables connectivity between a mobile device and peripherals. However, ad hoc networks between mobile devices, or between mobile devices and other computing devices, can also be established.

Question 12

Storage Segmentation

Answer 12

Storage segmentation is personal data that is segmented from organizational data on a mobile device. It gives IT administrators control over corporate assets on employees’ mobile devices.