Out-of-Contact Devices

Example:

If a device does not contact the server for two days, you can configure it to be wiped to avoid losing any sensitive data on the device. Other actions and standard script commands can also be executed.

The out-of-contact devices policy dialog box allows you to manage security on "out-of-contact" devices which are not able to connect to the MobiControl Deployment Server. This feature can be used to define security actions that can be triggered if a device has not contacted the MobiControl server for a specified time interval, or has been lost or stolen and appears as offline in the device tree.

To enable the out-of-contact devices policy for a device or group of devices, select Out of Contact Devices Policy from the MobiControl Security Center. (Please see the Device Security and Control page.)

To add an event for which security actions can be specified, click the Add button. Click on the Edit button to modify an existing event or an action. Click on Delete to remove an event and its corresponding action from the list.

Action	Description
Add	To add an event for which security actions can be specified.
Edit	To modify an existing event or an action. Clicking this button presents the option to edit an action or the corresponding action.
Delete	To remove an event and its corresponding action from the list.

Add Event

To add an event, click the Add button to bring up the Out of Contact Event Configuration dialog box. Specify the time interval after which an action (or a script) should be triggered if the mobile device has not connected to the MobiControl Deployment Server (which is indicated by the device appearing as online in the device tree).

After you have specified the time interval, select a script to execute, or click Scripts to bring up the Manage Scripts dialog box. Please see the Script Manager page for further details.