Device screenlock status and enabling passcode policy

Satish Shetty Updated by Satish Shetty

Verifying the screen-lock passcode Status

Codeproof console shows screen lock status information in the device property page. See below.

Phone Screen lock Status

There are 3 types of status information.

1. Screen Lock: Enabled ΓÇô All good
2. Screen Lock: Not Enabled ΓÇô Screen lock passcode policy is not enabled. (See below how to enable it)
3. Screen Lock: Not Available ΓÇô Codeproof could not get screen lock info(MDM profile setup was not complete).

Enabling screen-lock passcode policy for iOS devices

Enabling passcode policy will enforce device user to have a screen-lock passcode all the time. Administrator can remotely enable this policy for a single device, or a group or even for a Home node(entire company level). Please note that, Administrator doesn't need to set the passcode, device owner will set the actual passcode. Administrator only sets the passcode requirements.

Steps:

1. Login to Codeproof Console.
2. Go to Mobile Policy Manager from top menu.
3. Select a single device or a group of devices from left side tree.
4. On right side panel, go to "iOS Security" and then goto "iOS Configurations".
5. Check the "enable passcode" checkbox and set various password lengths requirements and hit "Save" below.
6. Now, Device will ask for a new password if device doesn't have one already meeting the above password requirements. User must provide a passcode lock within 60 minutes.
7. Done

iOS Passcode Policy

To see the updated passcode lock status in the console, log-off the console and log back in. Or You can also refresh the console UI, to get the updated screenlock status. Right click on a device or a group and do "Refresh" from a context menu.


Enabling screen-lock passcode policy for Android devices

Enabling passcode policy will enforce device user to have a screen-lock passcode all the time. Administrator can remotely enable this policy for a single device, or a group or even for a Home node(entire company level). Please note that, Administrator doesn't need to set the passcode, device owner will set the actual passcode. Administrator only sets the passcode requirements.

Steps:

1. Login to Codeproof Console.
2. Go to Mobile Policy Manager from top menu.
3. Select a single device or a group of devices from left side tree.
4. On right side panel, go to "Android Security" and then goto "Android Policy" tab.
5. Check the "Enable Device Admin" and "Enable Screenlock passcode" checkboxes and set various password lengths requirements and hit "Save" below.
6. Now, Device will ask for a new password if device doesn't have one already meeting the above password requirements. User must provide a passcode lock in the device.
7. Done. See below!

Enable Passcode Policy in Android




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