Security

End-to-end security is an important feature of the Unwired Platform solution architecture. Security comprises multiple layers, including system security to control access to data and transactions, transport security for over-the-air and network level data protection, local data security for protecting enterprise data on the device, and device security to protect devices in case of loss or theft.

• System Security
  System security is built using a component-based extensible model of common security infrastructure that allows for pluggable mechanism to integrate Unwired Server with security providers including the most common LDAP providers— Active Directory, Windows OS, and others—for authentication and authorization.
• Transport Security
  End-to-end data encryption support is based on Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which secures client/server communication using digital certificates and public-key cryptography.
• Application Security
  Application security is based mainly on the mapping of a mobile business object (MBO) package to a security configuration.
• Device Security
  Unwired Platform supports Afaria device management and security functionality, which includes features such as remote device locking, remote data cleanup, data fading (a feature that enables the IT administrator to lock, wipe, or reset a device that has not communicated with the corporate network or Afaria server after a predetermined number of days), and password expiration management. Even without Afaria, the Unwired Server administrator can lock or unlock devices from accessing applications deployed to the server.