Mobile devices (smart phones or other mobile phones; for the policy related to Tablets, see the “Computers and Tablets” section) will be provided to College employees who meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Are responsible for crisis management, or are required to be “on-call” during off hours for a significant portion of the time (e.g. President’s Staff, Security, certain Student Development staff, and certain Information Services staff)
- Are required to travel for the College as an essential and significant portion of their duties (e.g. Admission Counselors, Advancement Gift Officers, certain CIP staff, etc.)
- Are required, as part of their job, to be off campus (e.g. certain Service Learning and Athletic staff), or due to their work environment are required to remain in communication while away from their desk (e.g. Facilities Management).
A small pool of mobile phones will be available for employees who do not have a College-issued phone and who have occasional (once or twice per year) reasons to travel on College business.
The College only provides mobile devices that have been approved, and that can be supported by Information Services. (Contact Information Services for a listing of approved equipment).
Information Services supports devices that utilize the ActiveSync protocol for mobile data synchronization. Designated models of iOS(iPhones) and Android devices are supported. Support provided is for the devices themselves and for certain built-in functionality and services, including connectivity to designated College resources such as email and calendars. Support is not provided for other user installed applications. To protect College resources and data, mobile device security policy settings are established for College-owned devices, as well as personal devices that access College data. These security policy settings include:
- Required password on device, with certain password restrictions
- A limit to the number of failed authentication attempts
- Idle time out settings
- Required encrypted backups for devices that support it
- A password required to remove management profile