Authentication (Android Enterprise Corporate Personal)

The Authentication configuration enables you to set minimum requirements for password-based user authentication on a device. You can apply this configuration when:

Device Administrator Password

Use this section to configure an administrator password on the device. This is required to use various security features in SOTI MobiControl. The administrator password disables security feature such as Lockdown and Application Run Control, providing unrestricted access to the device.


Configure features supported for AMAPI devices only	If enabled, allows configuration of features supported for AMAPI-enrolled devices only. Once the profile configuration is assigned to a device, the user cannot change this option while editing the profile.
Password	Enter an administrator password for the device that turns off security features such as Lockdown or Application Run Control.
Revert to User Mode	Enable this option to automatically switch from Administrator mode to User mode after a specified timeouttime. Use the slider to set the interval between 5 and 120 minutes, with a default setting of 30 minutes.
Restrict Administrator Password Attempts	Restrict the number of password attempts a user can make for an administrator account before enforcing a lockout. Specify the number of wrong password attempts allowed before the account is temporarily locked. Set the duration of the account lockout once the user reaches the maximum number of password attempts.

Note: The Device and Work Profile tabs of the Android Enterprise Authentication profile configuration largely offer the same settings. However, they affect devices differently.

Use Device to apply authentication settings to an entire device.
Use Work Profile to apply authentication settings to only the Work Profile part of the device.

If you are applying a user password policy to a work profile on an Android Enterprise device, in the Work Profile tab, enable the Enforce Work Profile Password Policy toggle.

Device Password Policy

Choose an option from the drop to determine how the authentication policy applies.

Allow User to Configure: The device user chooses how to secure the device.
Disable Lockscreen: Disable all lock screen security settings. This is the same as choosing None as the security type on the device. Setting a password, PIN, or pattern, re-enables the lock screen.
Enable Password Enforcement: The device user must follow the requirements as set by this profile configuration.
You must choose Enable Password Enforcement to apply an authentication policy.

Minimum Complexity


Password Quality	Select the minimum password quality. Password quality options listed are in order of security strength, from least to most secure. Device users can use any password type option that is more secure than the selected minimum. Biometric (for example: fingerprint, face recognition, iris recognition) Pattern PIN Alphabetic Alphanumeric
Password/PIN Length	Set the minimum password or PIN length.
Complex Characters	Set the minimum number of complex (non-alphanumeric) characters required.

History


Maximum Password Age	Toggle on Maximum Password Age to enter the number of days before prompting a user to enter a new password.
Unique Passwords Before Reuse	Toggle on Unique Passwords Before Reuse to select the number of unique passwords a user must set before reusing an earlier password.

Policy


Screen Timeout	Toggle on Screen Timeout to set a maximum inactive time before the screen locks.
Device Authentication Wipe Policy	Toggle on Device Authentication Wipe Policy to set a maximum limit on entering incorrect passwords before a device is automatically wiped.
Strong Authentication Requirement	Enable this option to force device users to regularly enter a strong authentication type (such as a PIN, pattern, or password) to unlock their device. Set an interval (in hours) that specifies how often a device user must use a strong authentication type (such as a PIN, pattern, or password) to unlock their device.