SiteSecure - Campus Camera Blocking

Satish Shetty Updated by Satish Shetty

Codeproof offers SiteSecure, a location-based mobile policy management service for features like camera blocking, also known as geofencing. With SiteSecure, administrators can define multiple geographic regions within the Codeproof console and apply specific mobile policies to devices in those areas. When a device enters a defined region, the policies set by the administrator are automatically enforced. Similarly, when the device exits the region, the policies automatically revert to their previous settings.

Here is a list of applicable policies:

  1. Disable or block the camera in certain geographical areas. For example, the administrator can automatically block the phone's camera within the company campus. This feature prevents unauthorized users or devices from using the camera to take pictures or videos, thereby helping to prevent data leakage and theft.
  2. Notify the administrator via email or SMS when the device enters or exits a specified region.

Please note that starting with Android 10, Google has updated security requirements for BYOD containers. While we can disable the camera remotely on fully managed (Device Owner) devices within a geofenced area, this is not possible on BYOD devices with Android 10 and above due to these new policies.

Below is a table listing the test cases:

Camera Blocking

Android

iOS

Fully Managed(COD)

Available

Available

BYOD

Not supported since Android 10

Available

Steps to Enable Campus Camera Blocking:

  1. Login to Cloud Console here.
  2. Go to Mobile Policy Manager from top menu.
  3. Expand the tree on left side and select a device or group of devices.
  4. On right hand side panel, goto Android Security or iOS Security and then go to "Geofencing" tab.
  5. Click on Enable checkbox and Add location coordinates latitude, longitude and radius(in meters) of the region. See below.
geofencing-policy-editor-new

In order to find out latitude and longitude of your location, In your iPhone, Open Codeproof App and go to "Device Information" page. At the bottom, latitude and longitude information available. Enter this info in the console. Also enter radius in meters. [Note: You must enable location service for Codeproof]. See below.

  1. Save the policy by clicking on "Save" button.
  2. After enabling the geofencing policy in the policy manager, In the iPhone or iPad, open Codeproof app and tap on "Update Policy". The app will render the following screens.

 

Codeproof MDM iPhone app

 

Note: In order location-based policies to work properly, please update to the latest version of the Codeproof App installed on the iOS device. please make sure that "Background App Refresh" and "location services" are enabled for Codeproof App. See below.

Codeproof MDM Background App Refresh in iOS7+

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