CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1202)SecurityHard
A company is implementing a new BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy. To protect sensitive corporate data on personal mobile devices, the IT department wants to ensure that if a device is lost or stolen, all corporate data can be removed without affecting the user's personal data. Which security measure is specifically designed for this purpose?
- AContainerization
- BRemote Wipe
- CScreen Lock
- DFull Device Encryption
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: A. Containerization
Containerization creates a separate, encrypted area on a mobile device for corporate data and applications. This allows IT to manage and wipe only the corporate container without touching the user's personal data, which is ideal for BYOD scenarios.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Remote Wipe (standard) usually erases the entire device, which conflicts with the requirement of not affecting personal data.
- C. Screen Lock prevents unauthorized physical access but does not address data removal in case of loss or theft, especially selective removal.
- D. Full Device Encryption encrypts the entire device, but a remote wipe would typically erase everything, including personal data.
Containerization (Mobile Security)
A mobile security strategy that creates a separate, encrypted, and managed environment on a mobile device to isolate corporate data and applications from personal data.
- Allows IT to manage and secure corporate data without controlling the entire device.
- Enables selective remote wipe of only corporate data.
- Commonly used in BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) environments.
Memory trick: Containers keep work separate from play.