Authentication (Android Classic)

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

Password Enter an administrator password for the device that turns off security features such as Lockdown or Application Run Control.
Dynamic Password Enable this feature to set a unique one time administrator password for the device(s), allowing seamless switching between user and administrator modes. When you use the password, SOTI MobiControl automatically generates a new password and syncs it with the device. You can view this on the Device Details card.
Note: If the device goes offline and the new password is not synced, the old password continues to work until the new password is successfully synced.

Dynamic admin password
Revert to User Mode Enable this option to automatically switch from Administrator mode to User mode after a specified timeout time. Use the slider to set the interval between 5 and 120 minutes, with a default setting of 30 minutes.

Revert to User Mode setting
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.

Restrict Administrator Password Attempts

Device User Password Policy

Turn on Password Policy Type to set complexity requirements and other password policies for the device user.

Note: You must specify a device administrator password before you can configure a user password 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.
Tip: For PIN length, the default value is 6. You can set it between 4—16.
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 wrong passwords before a device is automatically wiped.
Common Access Card (CAC) Authentication Select this option to use Common Access Card (CAC) authentication.