Security - Security Settings

Security - Security Settings

Hello and Welcome to WeGuard Enterprise Visual Knowledge-base Series.
In this KB article, We will explain about security settings available on WeGuard Enterprise Portal.

Security settings, In this section, you have a wide variety of security setting options to set as per the admin preferences

Path: Policy Group > Select the Policy

Path: > Policy > Security



Now let’s get started, here in this section. We will help you how to configure your Security settings requirements.

  • ALLOW STATUS BAR EXPANSION - Allow the Status Bar to expand and show other details.

  • BLOCK YOUTUBE - To block Youtube from settings.

  • BLOCK BROWSER - To block Browser from settings.

  • DISABLE BLUETOOTH CONTACT SHARING - Whether Bluetooth contact sharing is disabled.

  • DISABLE FACTORY RESET - Whether factory resetting from settings is disabled.

  • DISABLE SAFE BOOT - Whether rebooting the device into the safe boot is disabled.

  • DISABLE UNINSTALLING OF APPS - Whether user uninstallation of applications is disabled.

  • DISABLE STATUS BAR - Whether the status bar is disabled. This disables notifications, quick settings and other screen overlays that allow escape from full-screen mode.

  • ALLOW POWER OFF - Allow power off from the device.

  • KIOSK UNLOCK PASSWORD - Password to exit persona mode.

  • DISABLE APP INSTALLATION FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES - Whether the user is allowed to enable the "Unknown Sources" setting, which allows installation of apps from unknown sources.

  • DISALLOW USER FROM MANAGING ACCOUNT TYPES - Account types that cannot be managed by the user.

  • DISABLE SCREEN CAPTURE - Disallow the Screenshot Capture on device.

  • DISABLE APP INSTALLATION - Whether user installation of apps is disabled.

  • DISABLE KEYGUARD - Whether the keyguard is disabled.

  • DISABLE KEYGUARD FEATURE - Keyguard features which may be disabled.

  • DEFAULT PERMISSION POLICY - Set the policy level permission of the applications to be installed.

  • BLUETOOTH CONTACT SHARING DISABLED - Whether Bluetooth contact sharing is disabled.

  • DISABLE MOBILE NETWORK CONFIG - Whether configuring mobile networks is disabled.

  • SHARE LOCATION DISABLED - Whether location sharing is disabled.

  • DISABLE FILE TRANSFER OVER USB - Whether transferring files over USB is disabled.

  • APP VERIFICATION - Whether app verification is force-enabled.

  • DISABLE PHYSICAL MEDIA MOUNTING - Whether the user mounting physical external media is disabled.

  • DISABLE USER CREDENTIALS CONFIG - Whether configuring user credentials is disabled.


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