Re: [Fed-Talk] Definition of Mobile Device
Re: [Fed-Talk] Definition of Mobile Device
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Definition of Mobile Device
- From: "Miller, Timothy J." <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:47:39 +0000
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Definition of Mobile Device
> The NIST definition has this problematic bullet:
>
> * An operating system that is not a full-fledged desktop or laptop
> operating system
>
> No definition of what makes a full-fledged OS or why this matters. Most
> likely this is due to the device OS being out of the grasp of enterprise
> management, thus the reason for the NIST document to begin with.
>
> I think a better question is how to classify devices into categories that can be
> validated, such as the NIAP protection profiles do. You might take a look at
> section 1.3 of the Protection Profile for Mobile Device Fundamentals.
So originally "mobile device" definitions were really just intended to differentiate from "laptop." At the time, a mobile device ran an embedded OS or otherwise had limitations such as no multi-user support, limited or no multitasking, limited or no ability to add or remove applications, no centralized or policy-based configuration management, etc. Increasing device & infrastructure capabilities have eliminated most of those distinctions.
Probably the most practical definition at this point is "If the device configuration is (or could be) under the control of a Mobile Device Management system, it's a mobile device." :) Today that excludes laptops and Surface tablets from the definition, which it probably what you want.
-- T
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