Curriculum
MacTech InDepth’s curriculum is set by MacTech with a combination of speakers from both the region, and nationally.
Topics
MacTech InDepth: Mobile Device Management will spend the entire day focused on MDM. Topics will include:
- Security and Mobility
- Solutions Requirements
- Asset risks and security threats
- Mobility Business Drivers
- Monitoring and Control
- Protecting the Enterprise, business, and the organization
- Enabling Employees
- Protecting data and devices
- Mobility creating new business intersections
- How to develop a mobility strategy for your organization
- Securely supporting social media, commerce and sales
- Defining Technology Initiatives
Sessions
Each event has a different set of speakers who bring their own set of experiences, examples, and more to their presentation. Session content continually evolves and is updated regularly. As a result, it is subject to change (without notice). With that in mind, here’s the session descriptions for the event.
Session Title:
Mobile Device Management Overview
- Define MDM
- MDM landscape
- Apple’s iPhone Configuration Utility (IPCU) and Profile Manager solutions
- Third Party MDM solutions
- Managed vs. Hosted
Session Title:
Using MDM: The Glossary You Need to Understand
- Opt-in and Enrollment
- Deployment
- Over-the-Air (OTA) Methodology
- Provisioning Profile
- Configuration Profiles
- Wipe and Selective Wipe
- Passcode
- Lock/Unlock
- Apple Root Certificate Authority (CA)
- Apple Push Notification Server (APNS)
- Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Developer Enterprise Program (iDEP)
Session Title:
Apple IPCU (iPhone Configuration Utility) and Profile Manager
- Configuration Profiles
- Payloads
- Server configuration
- Deployment
- Management console
Session Title:
IPCU vs. Third Party Solutions
- iPhone Configuration Utility (IPCU)
- Other Platform Servers (Blackberry Server, Android, Windows 7)
- Why you would use Apple, and why you would use Third Party MDM
- Feature difference examples
- How to shop for a Third Party Solution
Session Title:
Applications
- How Apple works
- OTA distribution
- App store
- Developing Apple iOS Apps
- Android Apps
- Blackberry Apps
- Windows 7 Apps
- Symbian and WebOS Apps
Session Title:
Security
- Design from the beginning
- Threat Assessment
- Identifying what you need to protect
- Settings
- Certificates
- Tracking
Session Title:
WiFi and Network Infrastructure
- VPN
- Web security
- Optimization
- Bandwidth control
- Content filtering
- Controlling 3G/4G access: Is it possible?
Session Title:
MDM “Best Practices” and Creating a Strategy
- Segmenting your workforce
- Building flexibility through enabling device diversity
- Choosing your investment in a mobile device management solution or a managed service
- Utilizing a single Web-based console for all management and security operations
- Outlining procedures for requesting and obtaining mobile devices, applications, and services
- Defining appropriate use
- Planning support for company vs. personal devices
- Defining internal and external service support and availability work flow
- Troubleshooting techniques