Permissions for iOS Devices

Permission Description

Location Permission

Allows an application to access the device location. Mobile Security uses this permission to enrich threat event reports with the location.

Notification Permission

Allows an application to display notifications on the device. Mobile Security uses this permission to:

  • Notify mobile devices that a policy update is available so that the policy can be enforced in a timely manner, instead of waiting for the next policy polling time (occurs once per day/24 hours by default).

  • Wake-up the iOS.

VPN User Consent

Allows an application to intersect the mobile device network traffic. Mobile Security uses this permission to bring up a local VPN to inspect the data traffic and mitigate any detected network threat.

Camera

Allows an application to use the camera. Mobile Security uses this permission to scan QR code in the on-boarding process.

SMS Filtering

Allows Mobile Security to scan SMS messages for malicious URLs. To enable SMS filtering on the end-user device, see Preventing SMS Phishing in the Mobile Security Protect for iOS User Guide.