Securely Deploying and Managing Access to Mobile Apps

Sencha's new management platform, Sencha Space, provides the ideal route to deploy and manage secure business applications that run across multiple devices. Learn more about Sencha Space, and how it can be used for deploying and managing access to mobile web apps.

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1. Securely Deploying and Managing Access to Mobile Apps Daniel Gallo Sales Engineer
2. Who am I? • Daniel Gallo (@DanielJGallo)! • Technical Sales Engineer at Sencha! • Based in the UK! • Using Sencha’s frameworks since 2009! • Joined Sencha in February 2012! • Background in web app development (ASP.NET C#)
3. What I’ll be talking about • The need for securing apps and the challenges this brings! • What is Sencha Space and where it can help! • Demonstration
4. Securing Apps
5. Mobility and BYOD increases risk Challenges • Mobility can make it more difficult to… Enforce business policies consistently Secure data moving across untrusted networks and devices Manage user, data and application life-cycles
6. Enterprise mobility can be expensive Challenges Write Code Test Publish to app market Deploy Update $ $ $ $ $ Write Code Test Publish to AppStore Deploy Update $ $ $ $ $ Write Code Test Publish to app market Deploy Update $ $ $ $ $ Management Security • The cost of mobility can erode the Return on Investment Each part of the app development process incurs expenses… …which multiply with each new supported mobile OS or device platform And these processes and apps need to be managed and secure to limit the risk
7. Security is increasingly challenging Challenges • The security landscape has raised the stakes! - Targeted attacks! - Spear phishing and social engineering! - Mobile malware! - Advanced persistent threats! - Rising cost of data breaches $ • How do you manage the tradeoffs between! - Operational flexibility! - Security! - Cost and complexity
8. Sencha Space
9. Sencha Space A secure and managed environment for business applications that works on every mobile device
11. Sencha Space • Addresses Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) issues! - Secure and managed environment 
 for business web applications ! • Isolates work life from rest of the device for users! • Ideal deployment platform for HTML5 apps • Designed keeping in mind Users, IT, and Developers! • App-to-App communication functionality! • Offers security, offline, and device specific APIs
12. Sencha Space 1. Sencha Space Client App 2. Management Console
13. Management Console Sencha Space • Management console! - Provides centralised management of the users, groups and applications! - Allows administrators to enforce policy consistently:! - Set minimum PIN length! - Specify group membership! - Provision apps to groups! - Configure advanced user authentication! - Enable SSL VPN connectivity! - Facilitates reporting and auditing with detailed usage analytics Space Management Centralised Admin Console Policy Engine Identity and Access App Delivery Data Security Network Security
14. Mobile Client Application Sencha Space • Mobile client app! - Supports iOS, Android and BlackBerry (Windows Phone 8 soon)! - Segregates business and personal data! - Secures business data with strong encryption and digital signatures! - Enforces policies downloaded from the console! - Facilitates secure, managed use of HTML5 apps! - Provides developer API to OS or device features for rich, modern mobile user experience
15. Deploy and Manage Apps • Easily Deploy and Manage Apps! - Designed with BYOD challenges in mind! - Makes it easy for IT managers to deploy and manage apps
16. Secure Data • Keep Data Secure! - Removing access to an app makes any associated offline data inaccessible
17. Users and Groups • Provision Users! - Invite and provision users within your organisation! - Provide access to specific apps! - Group users (e.g. Sales, Finance) and apply application and security policies
18. Application Communication • App-to-App Communication! - Apps invoke communication with each other! - Examples:! • Within Contacts app, launch Chat app! • Within Calendar app, view meeting and launch Phone
19. Security • Centralised view of all users and group membership! • Inventory of mobile devices! • Revoke user access instantly! • Revoke access from individual devices instantly! • Remotely wipe your organisation’s data from a Space client! • Provision apps to groups or users instantly
20. Demo Time!
21. Usage Options
22. Team! Free Workforce! Enterprise!
23. Questions?
24. Create amazing apps built on web standards