Curriculum

MacTech InDepth's curriculum is set by MacTech with a combination of speakers from both the region, and nationally.

Topics

MacTech InDepth: Mobile Device Management will spend the entire day focused on MDM. Topics will include:

• Security and Mobility
• Solutions Requirements
• Asset risks and security threats
• Mobility Business Drivers
• Monitoring and Control
• Protecting the Enterprise, business, and the organization
• Enabling Employees
• Protecting data and devices
• Mobility creating new business intersections
• How to develop a mobility strategy for your organization
• Securely supporting social media, commerce and sales
• Defining Technology Initiatives

Sessions

Each event has a different set of speakers who bring their own set of experiences, examples, and more to their presentation. Session content continually evolves and is updated regularly. As a result, it is subject to change (without notice). With that in mind, here's the session descriptions for the event.

Session Title:
Mobile Device Management Overview

• Define MDM
• MDM landscape
• Apple’s iPhone Configuration Utility (IPCU) and Profile Manager solutions
• Third Party MDM solutions
• Managed vs. Hosted
  
  

Session Title:
Using MDM: The Glossary You Need to Understand

• Opt-in and Enrollment
• Deployment
• Over-the-Air (OTA) Methodology
• Provisioning Profile
• Configuration Profiles
• Wipe and Selective Wipe
• Passcode
• Lock/Unlock
• Apple Root Certificate Authority (CA)
• Apple Push Notification Server (APNS)
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Developer Enterprise Program (iDEP)
  
  

Session Title:
Apple IPCU (iPhone Configuration Utility) and Profile Manager

• Configuration Profiles
• Payloads
• Server configuration
• Deployment
• Management console
  
  

Session Title:
IPCU vs. Third Party Solutions

• iPhone Configuration Utility (IPCU)
• Other Platform Servers (Blackberry Server, Android, Windows 7)
• Why you would use Apple, and why you would use Third Party MDM
• Feature difference examples
• How to shop for a Third Party Solution
  
  

Session Title:
Applications

• How Apple works
• OTA distribution
• App store
• Developing Apple iOS Apps
• Android Apps
• Blackberry Apps
• Windows 7 Apps
• Symbian and WebOS Apps
  
  

Session Title:
Security

• Design from the beginning
• Threat Assessment
• Identifying what you need to protect
• Settings
• Certificates
• Tracking
  
  

Session Title:
WiFi and Network Infrastructure

• VPN
• Web security
• Optimization
• Bandwidth control
• Content filtering
• Controlling 3G/4G access: Is it possible?
  
  

Session Title:
MDM "Best Practices" and Creating a Strategy

• Segmenting your workforce
• Building flexibility through enabling device diversity
• Choosing your investment in a mobile device management solution or a managed service
• Utilizing a single Web-based console for all management and security operations
• Outlining procedures for requesting and obtaining mobile devices, applications, and services
• Defining appropriate use
• Planning support for company vs. personal devices
• Defining internal and external service support and availability work flow
• Troubleshooting techniques